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Rex Ingram: Mann Act
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In Hollywood in 1943, Ingram played a heroic Sudanese soldier sacrificing his life for the troops in the film Sahara. That same year, he ... portrayed the mischievous Lucifer, Jr., who schemes the downfall of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson in Cabin in the Sky. Finally, in Moonrise in 1949, Ingram played a wizened outcast who helps a young white man grow to maturity. Bogle championed Ingram's ability to "act against" his roles throughout his entire film career: "In all these films ? The Green Pastures, Thief of Bagdad, Sahara, Cabin in the Sky, and Moonrise ? and so many more, Rex Ingram seems to stand apart from the Hollywood system, repeatedly refusing to let himself be demeaned by a role."
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Ingram was able to forge an acting career while almost always playing dignified characters--a difficult task for black actors at the time. He appeared in classics such as Thief of Bagdad and Cabin in the Sky.
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Ingram was arrested for violating the Mann Act in 1949. Pleading guilty to the charge of transporting a teenage girl to New York for immoral purposes, he was sentenced to eighteen months. He served just ten months of his sentence but the incident had a serious impact on his career for the next six years.
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