Sunday Sinners

Sunday Sinners is a 1940 drama, comedy, musical and religious race film directed by and co-produced by [Arthur Dreifuss]] and Jack Goldberg starring his wife Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris and Earl Sydnor.[1]

Sunday Sinners
Original film poster
Directed byArthur Dreifuss
Produced byJack Goldberg
Written byVincent Valentini
Frank Wilson (story)
StarringNorman Astwood
Edna Mae Harris
Earl Sydnor
Production
company
Colonnade Pictures Corporation
Arthur Dreifuss Productions
Goldberg Productions
Running time
65 min
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The Club Harlem is jointly owned by Gene and Corrine Aiken who disagree on the matter of the Club being open on Sunday. Rev. Jesse Hampton is receiving pressure from his parishioners to demand the club be closed on Sunday. Other plots include a protection racket pressuring Gene Aiken, two con men attempting to cheat a Chinese Laundryman, and the son of the Reverend getting a job at the Club Harlem.

Cast

  • Norman Astwood as Gene Aiken
  • Edna Mae Harris as Corrine Aiken
  • Earl Sydnor as Reverend Jesse Hampton
  • Mamie Smith as Midge
  • Alec Lovejoy as Eli
  • Cristola Williams as Creola
  • Thelma Norton as Peggy Hampton
  • Harold Norton as Earl Williams
  • Augustus Smith as The Deacon

References

  1. p.347 Balio, Tino Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939 University of California Press, 1995
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