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God's Step Children (1938)

5.3 | Jan 01, 1938 (US) | Drama | 01:10

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.

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Jacqueline Lewis
Young Naomi
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Ethel Moses
Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
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Alice B. Russell
Mrs. Saunders
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Trixie Smith
A Visitor
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Charles Thompson
Young Jimmie
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Carman Newsome
Adult Jimmie
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Gloria Press
Adult Naomi
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Alec Lovejoy
Ontrue Cowper
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Columbus Jackson
Cowper's Associate
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Laura Bowman
Aunt Carrie