Tony Langston

Tony Langston was a theater editor and film critic for the Chicago Defender as well as a businessman who was advertising manager for eight theaters.[1] He expressed disgust with Ebony Film Corporation's debasing depictions of African Americans and encouraged Chicago theater owners to ban the company's films.[2] He discussed film codes and censorship boards in a 1920 Competitor magazine article.[3]

Langston was born in Detroit, Michigan.[4] The Chicago Defender was the largest Black newspaper during his tenure.[5] He corresponded with George Johnson of the Lincoln Film Company.[6]

His peers included Lester Walton of The New York Age and Sylvester Russell of The Freeman, as well as D. Ireland Thomas.

References
  1. Harrison, William Henry Jr. (June 29, 1921). "Colored Girls and Boys' Inspiring United States History: And a Heart to Heart Talk about White Folks". Searle & Dressler Company, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  2. Lupack, Barbara (May 26, 2016). "Early Race Filmmaking in America". Routledge – via Google Books.
  3. Everett, Anna (June 29, 2001). "Returning the Gaze: A Genealogy of Black Film Criticism, 1909-1949". Duke University Press – via Google Books.
  4. Harrison (Jr.), William Henry (June 29, 1921). "Colored Girls and Boys' Inspiring United States History: And a Heart to Heart Talk about White Folks". Searle & Dressler Company, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  5. Butters, Gerald R. (June 29, 2002). "Black Manhood on the Silent Screen". University Press of Kansas – via Google Books.
  6. "Phylon". Atlanta University. June 29, 1975 – via Google Books.
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