Daniel L. Haynes

Daniel L. Haynes
Haynes in a stage presentation of Androcles and the Lion, Lafayette Theatre, NYC, 1938
Born
Daniel Leo (aka Louis) Haynes

(1889-06-06)June 6, 1889
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedJuly 28, 1954(1954-07-28) (aged 65)
Kingston, New York, U.S.
Resting placeWiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston
Occupation(s)actor; minister of the gospel
SpouseRosa Belle Sims

Daniel L. Haynes (June 6, 1889 – July 28, 1954) was an American stage and film actor and clergyman. He is best known for starring as Zeke in King Vidor's early talking film Hallelujah, the first film ever to feature an all-Black cast.[1][2] On November 28, 1910, he married Rosa Belle Sims in Chicago. In his last years, he left show business and became a full-time Baptist minister.[3]

Despite Hallelujah's controversial depiction of Black Americans, Haynes thought highly of the film. He is quoted as having said: "I cannot say what our race owes King Vidor and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—there are not words forceful enough for that. Hallelujah will, as Moses led his people from the wilderness, lead ours from the wilderness of misunderstanding and apathy."[4]

Selected filmography

Publicity photo of Daniel L. Haynes by Ruth Harriet Louise

Theater

References

  1. ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.235 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
  2. ^ Who Was Who on Screen, p. 207 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt
  3. ^ ^The Kingston Daily Freeman, July 29, 1954, p. 1, "Preacher, Stage Star, Succumbs of Heart Ailment - Daniel L. Haynes,"
  4. ^ "Sense and Sensuality in Representations of Race", p. 312, in Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas, Henry Goldschmidt and Elizabeth McAlister, eds., Oxford University Press, 2004

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  1. ^ Preacher, "Stage Star, Succumbs of Heart Ailment - Daniel L. Haynes," p. , The Kingston Daily Freeman, July 29, 1954
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