Movie

God's Step Children

★ 6/10 · 7 votes 1938 1h 10m Released

Drama

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.

Cast

J Jacqueline Lewis Young Naomi Ethel Moses Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva Alice B. Russell Mrs. Saunders Trixie Smith A Visitor C Charles Thompson Young Jimmie Carman Newsome Adult Jimmie