A Natural Born Shooter is a 1917 American short comedy film with an African American cast. It was a Historical Feature Film Company production.[1] Management of one theater refused to show the film because of its degrading content.[2]
Sources date the film variously to 1913, 1914, or 1917. An advertisement for the film states, "Make Funeral Arrangements Now, for you will die with laughter at this Colored Comedy Drama."[3]
References
edit- ^ Corcoran, Michael; Bernstein, Arnie (June 16, 2013). Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100+ Years of Chicago and the Movies. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613745786 – via Google Books.
- ^ Smith, Eric Ledell (May 16, 2003). African American Theater Buildings: An Illustrated Historical Directory, 1900-1955. McFarland. ISBN 9780786415298 – via Google Books.
- ^ "A Debtor to the Law / A Natural Born Shooter 1922 U.S. Herald - Posteritati Movie Poster Gallery". posteritati.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.