The Peanut Man is a 1947 American film about the life of George Washington Carver starring Clarence Muse. Muse won an interracial unity award for his role in the 45-minute film in 1949. In 1954, Jet magazine reported he was working on another Carver film at his Muse-a-White ranch in Perris, California as a test film for a planned feature film. Tony Paton was the producer for the test film. [1]
Paton and Muse met on a flight to New Orleans. [2] Ebony magazine headlined an article about the film stating it "Indicts Hollywood Race Bias". [2] A continuity cutting for the film was deposited with the New York State Archives. [2]
Maidie Norman made her film debut in the film. A poster for the film touts it as the "First Colored Feature Film in Glorious Natural Colors". [3]