One_Dark_Night_(1939_film)

<i>One Dark Night</i> (1939 film)

One Dark Night (1939 film)

1939 American film

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. [1]
    Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.
  2. [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. [3]
    Nash, Jay Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (September 27, 1986). The Motion Picture Guide. Cinebooks. ISBN 9780933997066 – via Google Books.
  4. [4]
    "Films in Review". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. September 27, 1973 – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    Kellner, Bruce (September 27, 1984). The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary for the Era. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313232329 – via Google Books.
  6. [6]
    Earl J. Morris, "Grand Town Day and Night" Pittsburgh Courier (August 19, 1939): 20. via Newspapers.com
  7. [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. [8]
    Hischak, Thomas S. (June 16, 2017). 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442278059 – via Google Books.
  9. [9]
    "Another Picture by Million Dollars" Pittsburgh Courier (August 26, 1939): 20. via Newspapers.com
  10. [10]
    "Principals Prepare for Million Dollar's 'One Dark Night'" Pittsburgh Courier (September 9, 1939): 20. via Newspapers.com
  11. [11]
    Larry Richards, African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography (McFarland 2015): 125, 128-129. ISBN 9781476610528
  12. [12]
    Harry M. Popkin presents Mantan Moreland in One "dark night.". s.n. September 27, 1939. OCLC 778631569 – via Open WorldCat.


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