This feature film tells the true story of Charles S. Gilpin; the first black star on Broadway and his leading role in Eu | dG1felg0YkxtZDhrZnM
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00:00I want to be a serious actor doing serious plays.
00:13You're an actor.
00:14You're a black man.
00:17They don't do black on Broadway.
00:19So he's the dictator of a small island.
00:21He thinks he can only be killed by a magic, um...
00:24A silver bullet.
00:25Yes.
00:26Has special powers.
00:27He's a Negro?
00:28Oh, no, no, no.
00:29You've been down that road before.
00:31If you don't like my idea, I'll find someone who does.
00:35Who dare whistle that way in my palace?
00:39Who dare wake up the Emperor?
00:42I got me a part in a Broadway show!
00:50Best performance of the year!
00:54Played by a Negro actor named Charles S. Gilpin.
00:58You are probably the most famous black man in New York right now.
01:01You are carrying their hopes of elevating the race.
01:03That black trash don't dare stop him.
01:06You stumbled.
01:07You know I don't like that word.
01:09This is my play inside and out.
01:12Don't use phrases that you don't know the meaning of.
01:14This is you, an actor, rising above the moment.
01:19You don't say another word!
01:22Unless they're my words!
01:24Everything will go back to normal one day.
01:28One day my fame will be over.
01:30No one will remember me.
01:32All that a Negro can do is great things.
01:34It's not my business.
01:37Oh, my play is magnificent.
01:40He's just a good actor.