Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
December 27, 1926Release Date
Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
December 27, 1926Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Gilpin
Joe Morgan
Myra Burwell
Fannie Morgan
Lawrence Chenault
Simon Slade
Harry Henderson
Willie Hammond, the Judge's son
William A. Clayton Jr.
Harvey Green
Ethel Smith
Slade's Daughter
Arline Mickey
Mehitable Cartwright
W.R. Johnson
Judge Hammond
Edgar Moore
Sample Swichel
Sam Sadler
Reginald Hoffer
William Carr
William F. Milton
Alfred Romaine
Roy Calnek
Director
Philip Carli
Original Music Composer
Timothy Shay Arthur
Novel
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Ten Nights in a Barroom is an American film released in 1926. 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. The film has been restored and is archived at the Library of Congress. Charles Gilpin stars. The film was released during the Prohibition era. Roy Calnek directed.The film 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. The film was positively reviewed by critics.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.