Alfred N. Sack (October 22, 1898 – March 1, 1969)[1] was an American businessperson, newspaper publisher and the proprietor of film distribution, production, and the theater-owning business Sack Amusements in the United States.. He collaborated with Spencer Williams to make films with Black casts. Sack Amusement Enterprises was the leading distributor of this type of film between 1920 and 1950.[2]
Biographyedit
Sack was born in Greenville, Mississippi. He worked as a newspaper publisher in the 1920s between stints in the film industry.[3]
His business, Sack Amusements, included many films starring African American casts, so-called race films.[4] He worked with his brother Lester. They were Jewish.[5] They partnered with Spencer Williams on several films.[6] Sack distributed several Oscar Micheaux films.[7]
Sack secured a deal with RKO to distribute four two-reel films of "Negro spirituals".[8] The brothers re-released some films. The brothers purchased the Lucas Theatre in Dallas, Texas.[citation needed] He opened the Coronet Theatre in Dallas in 1948. It opened as an art house theatre but by the time he sold it in 1967, it was an adult film theatre.[9]
Sack had a daughter, Sarah Lee Sack.[3] Sarah Lee Sack's blindness was discovered when she was a few days old; her disability inspired Sack to become active in helping blind children.[10]
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^Harris, Brandon (June 8, 2015). "Black America's Forgotten Film History". The New Republic.
^"A time capsule from the earliest days of independent black cinema". Dallas News. August 5, 2016.
^"Film World and A-V World News Magazine". September 22, 1945 – via Google Books.
^"Pictures: AI Sack Sells Coronet." Variety. Vol. 249, Iss. 6. December 27, 1967. p. 18
^"Dallas Man Helps Kids Minus Sight". The Baytown Sun. 1963-02-14. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
^"Pictures: Alfred N. Sack." Variety. Vol. 214, Iss. 13. May 27, 1959. p. 7
^Bratkovich, Colin (May 8, 2014). Just Remember This. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN9781483645193 – via Google Books.
^Scott, Ellen C. (January 14, 2015). Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era. Rutgers University Press. ISBN9780813572925 – via Google Books.
^. BFI. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018.
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