The Green-Eyed Monster (1919)

Filmed in Oklahoma by the Norman Film Manufacturing Company, this all-black melodrama features the eternal triangle of two friends in love with the same girl. The men work for rival railroad companies engaged in a bitter fight over a valuable government mail contract. To decide the matter, a race is organized between the two companies, the winner also claiming the girl. According to a contemporary account, one million dollars worth of railroad equipment and an 80,000 dollar train wreck were used in the film, which stars Jack Austin and Louise Dunbar.