Orlando Martins, The First Nigerian Hollywood Star Nigeria Has Forgotten

Orlando Martins, the first Nigerian #Hollywood star that Nigeria has forgotten.

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BEST OF THE SEASON from the @ThePaOrlando
family and team. Here's the Great #OrlandoMartins as an African Chief pictured with much loved Legend #BobHope A still from 1963's CALL ME BWANA.

To remind Nigerians of Orlando Martins, a romantic documentary film on the actor is in progress in Lagos. A special tribute to him was published in the second edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series available on @amazon and a hardcover edition is available for US$120 with free shipping worldwide. The NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series is printed in Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina. It’s known for its universities, including North Carolina State University. The number of technology and scholarly institutions around Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham make the area known as the Research Triangle.



I have completed the preproduction and production design for my new documentary film project, "I Saw Her On Orlando Martins Street". So, the principal photography will start soon. My cast and crew are ready to roll We are going to take a fast rising Nollywood star actress back in time to #Hollywood to see the first Nigerian Hollywood star, Orlando Martins in action in "Sapphire" in 1959, 60 years ago, the same year that the first TV station in tropical Africa was launched in Western Nigeria by one of the greatest political leaders and philosophers in modern history, the visionary Yoruba sage, Chief Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ,̀ GCFR (March 6,1909 – May 9,1987), the first Premier of Western Region and one of the founding fathers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Orlando Martins deserves a posthumous #Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for his illustrious career as an actor in three continents; from England to America to Africa.
The special feature on Orlando Martins in the second edition of my NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series included his photographs in "Hasty Heart ", 1949 as Blossom with the famous Hollywood star, Ronald Wilson Reagan who later became the 40th President of the United States of America from 1981 to 1989.
He was one of Britain's most prominent and leading black actors and in a poll conducted in 1947, he was listed among Britain's top 15 favourite actors with an impressive filmography, including the following films:

1935 Sanders of the River Klova Uncredited
1937 The Green Cockatoo Uncredited
1945 The Man from Morocco Jeremiah
1946 Men of Two Worlds Magole
1947 The End of the River Harrigan
1949 The Hasty Heart Blossom
1954 West of Zanzibar M'Kwongi
1953 The Heart of the Matter Rev. Clay Uncredited
1954 West of Zanzibar M'Kwongwi
1955 Simba Headman
1956 Safari Jerusalem
1957 Abandon Ship Sam Holly
1957 Tarzan and the Lost Safari Chief Ogonooro
1958 The Naked Earth Tall Bearer
1959 Sapphire Barman
1959 The Nun's Story Kalulu
1960 Killers of Kilimanjaro Chief
1963 Sammy Going South Abu Lubaba
1963 Call Me Bwana Chief
1965 Mister Moses Chief
1970 Kongi's Harvest Dr. Gbenga
1971 Things Fall Apart.