Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926 film)
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| Directed by | Roy Calnek |
| Written by | Timothy Shay Arthur |
| Based on | Ten Nights in a Bar-Room 1860 play by William W. Pratt |
| Starring | Charles Gilpin Lawrence Chenault Myra Burwell |
| Music by | Philip Carli |
| Color process | Black and White |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Ten Nights in a Barroom is an American film released in 1926. Directed by Roy Calnek[1] and starring Charles Gilpin, the film had a temperance theme and an African American cast. It followed on Timothy Shay Arthur's 1854 novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There and William W. Pratt's play, as well as earlier film adaptations (listed at Ten Nights in a Barroom) albeit with white casts. A man's drinking causes him to lose money, his business, and his daughter.[2]
Released during the Prohibition era[3] the film was positively reviewed by critics.[4] It is the second of four films released by Colored Players Film Corporation and one of two, along with The Scar of Shame, that remain in existence. A copy of Ten Nights in a Barroom which came from 35mm film elements preserved by the George Eastman Museum was released on home video in 2016 by Kino Lorber as part of the five-disc Pioneers of African-American Cinema set.[5]
Oscar Micheaux's film company was a rival and released films that competed with the newer film company's releases, in this case The Spider's Web, which was released a week after it debuted. The newer film company also poached actors from Micheaux including Chenault, and both firms claimed they had the greatest star.[6]
Plot summary
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Cast
- Charles Gilpin as Joe Morgan
- Lawrence Chenault as Simon Slade
- Myra Burwell
- Harry Henderson (actor) as Judge's son
- William A. Clayton Jr. as Rival for Slade's daughter
- Ethel Smith (actor) as Slade's daughter
- Arline Mickey
- Edward Moore
- William Johnson
- Florence Kennedy
References
- ^ "Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ Norman Studios Online Museum
- ^ "The STAGE Network". The STAGE Network.
- ^ Lupack, Barbara (May 26, 2016). Early Race Filmmaking in America. ISBN 9781317434252.
- ^ "Pioneers of African-American Cinema: Ten Nights in a Bar Room". kinonow.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (March 28, 2016). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253021557 – via Google Books.