One Dark Night (1939 film)

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One Dark Night
Directed by Leo C. Popkin
Produced by Harry M. Popkin
Starring Mantan Moreland
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  • 1939 (1939)
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

One Dark Night is an American film released in 1939. [1] [2] [3] Also known as Night Club Girl. [4] It was directed by Leo C. Popkin. It was produced by Harry M. Popkin. The film features an African American cast [5] including Mantan Moreland in a dramatic role.

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Cast

Production and release

Hattie McDaniel reportedly turned down the role played by Bette Treadville. [6] The film was made by Million Dollar Productions and distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises. It was produced by Clifford Sanforth. The film drew various black celebrities to a showing. [7] Josephine Edwards performs two songs in the lost film. [8]

The film was re-released as Night Club Girl in 1944. It is categorized as a race film, [9] and is now lost. [10] [11] The Yale University Library has a lobby card for the film. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN   9781476610528 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ McCluskey, Audrey Thomas (September 27, 2007). Imaging Blackness: Race and Racial Representation in Film Poster Art. Indiana University Press. ISBN   9780253217790 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Nash, Jay Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (September 27, 1986). The Motion Picture Guide. Cinebooks. ISBN   9780933997066 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Films in Review". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. September 27, 1973 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Kellner, Bruce (September 27, 1984). The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary for the Era. Greenwood Press. ISBN   9780313232329 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Earl J. Morris, "Grand Town Day and Night" Pittsburgh Courier (August 19, 1939): 20. via Newspapers.com
  7. ↑ Brown, Lee; Allen, Robert L. (September 27, 2001). Strong in the Struggle: My Life as a Black Labor Activist. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9780847691913 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Hischak, Thomas S. (June 16, 2017). 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781442278059 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Another Picture by Million Dollars" Pittsburgh Courier (August 26, 1939): 20. via Newspapers.com
  10. ↑ "Principals Prepare for Million Dollar's 'One Dark Night'" Pittsburgh Courier (September 9, 1939): 20. via Newspapers.com
  11. ↑ Larry Richards, African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography (McFarland 2015): 125, 128-129. ISBN   9781476610528
  12. ↑ Harry M. Popkin presents Mantan Moreland in One "dark night.". s.n. September 27, 1939. OCLC   778631569.
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