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The Exile was a 1931 American film by Oscar Micheaux. A drama/romance of the race film genre, it was Micheaux's first feature-length talkie, and the first African American talkie. Adaptated from Micheaux's first novel, The Conquest (1913), it has some autobiographical elements: like the film's central character Jean Baptiste (played by Stanley Morrell), Micheaux spent several years as a cattle rancher in an otherwise all-white area of South Dakota.
Exile was a 1990 telefilm shown on The Wonderful World of Disney on NBC premiering on January 14, 1990.
The plot focused on a group of teenage castaways on an uninhabited tropical island after a plane crash.
It was loosely based on the plot of Lord of the Flies, only with most symbolism reversed: the Beasts were good, adults were a force of chaos, and the teenagers were a force of order.
The Exile is a 1947 film directed by Max Ophüls, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and María Montez. The film is based on a novel by Cosmo Hamilton.
A personal and historical perspective on intolerance. Tracing the roots of a family over 200 years to the small town of Nikolsburg, Czechoslovakia (now called Mikulov), this 28-minute film returns to the place where generations of persecution for Jewish ancestors began. Written by Alexis Krasilovsky
"Alexis Krasilovsky's latest film, 'Exile,' offers both a personal and historical perspective on intolerance. Tracing the roots of her family over 200 years to the small town of Nikolsburg, Czechoslovakia (now called Mikulov), Krasilovsky's 28-minute film returns to the place where generations of persecution for her Jewish ancestors began. In Prague, in Vienna where some Jews still hide their heritage behind a protestant facade, in Dachau where Krasilovsky's pianist uncle's hands were frozen, and in New York where she grew up, the filmmaker explores a history of exile, fear, hiding and imprisonment and brings to life a rich world of art and learning shattered by the Holocaust." Written by Mary Guzzy
This movie was advertised as the first Black American "talkie".
Maria Montez was accorded top billing in this film by contractual agreement, although she is in the picture only long enough to take a bath in a tricky 17th century bathtub while sipping coffee with Charles Stuart and delivering dialogue in a barely-understandable French-accent. This is the second major film released within a short period with King Charles II as a primary character, and Charles (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) here and Charles (George Sanders) in "Forever Amber" are two very varied approaches to the same character. This one takes place prior to the beginning of "Forever Amber" when Charles II and his followers are hiding out in Holland from Oliver Cromwell's puritan Round Heads. Being temporarly at liberty (or unemployed), Charles takes a day job at the farm/estate of Katie (Rita Corday as Paule Croset), and falls in love with her. Meanwhile he eludes his enemies by agility, enterprise and sword play, some of the latter performed while riding the blades of a Dutch windmill. He is summoned back to the throne and has to leave Katie and the tulips behind, returns to England, is replaced by George Sanders who pursues Amber St. Clair and forgets all about Katie. "The Exile" and "Forever Amber" should be viewed back-to-back for maximum-contrast enjoyment. Written by Les Adams
Furrh, Chris was in another movie this same year about a group of kids stranded alone on an island: Lord of the Flies (1990).




