Oscar Micheaux (screenwriter, director) THE BETRAYAL [1948] One sheet poster

The Betrayal. 1948. Poster. [New York]: Astor Pictures, [1948]. Vintage original 41 x 27″ (104 x 69 cm) one sheet poster. Folded (as issued) and unrestored, shows signs of minor wear including light crossfold separation, corner creases and horizontal crease with some wear along upper edge. Overall near fine.

Oscar Micheaux can be legitimately considered the godfather of African American film. His astonishing career encompassed forty-three films which he created in a time span of four decades. The Betrayal was his last film, an epic with a running time of about three hours. Sadly, as with so many of Micheaux’s other films, The Betrayal is entirely a lost film. This is a genuinely scarce poster.