When Wendell B. Harris Jr. made his first — and, even three decades on, still only — film, “Chameleon Street,” he offered up a scrappy and brilliant debut venture. Based on the incredible true story ...

Growing up in Flint, Wendell B. Harris was only 4 when he watched a movie on TV — 1931's "The Public Enemy" with James Cagney — that influenced the rest of his life. ”It was as if the art of cinema, ...

Wendell B. Harris Jr.’s comedy-drama Chameleon Street (1991) follows the story of William Douglas, a talented con artist from Detroit, renowned for his ability to bend in any social circle with unique ...

William Douglas Street Jr. needed more money and less of a dead-end job. Working for his dad’s alarm installation company, he’d hit a wall. The only lucrative alternative was to deal drugs, but he ...

"I think, therefore I scam." Arbelos Films has revealed a new trailer for the 4K restoration of this award-winning indie comedy titled Chameleon Street, which originally premiered in 1989 at the ...

Wendell B. Harris wrote, directed, and stars in Chameleon Street, a sly comedy based loosely on the real-life exploits of conman William Douglas Street, who demonstrates a gift for becoming what ...

Wendell B. Harris Jr.’s subversive landmark film ‘Chameleon Street’ has been given a proper 4K restoration by Arbelos Films. Written, directed, and starring the Juilliard-trained Wendell B. Harris Jr, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s brilliant debut feature Chameleon Street (1990) comes to ...

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After winning the Grand Jury Prize for his first (and so far, only) film, Harris expected a more traditional career rise. Thirty years later, he's still feeling the regrets of what came next. When ...

Doug Street is a lawyer, a surgeon, a TIME Magazine reporter and an Ivy League student—in truth he is none of these things, but he’s so good at pretending he is that he’s able to convince almost ...

Oct 28, 2021 - William Douglas Street is bored with his life. Working for his father is getting to him, his wife wants more money, and he's had enough. His solution is to re-invent himself. He becomes ...