Am I Guilty? Is an American film released in 1940 directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. A. W. Hackel was the film's producer.;[1] his Supreme Pictures, which had produced dozens of Western films, planned a series of films featuring African American casts but this was the only one to make it to release.[2] The screenplay was co-written by Earle Snell and George Wallace Sayre, based on a story by Sherman Lowe.
Toddy Pictures re-released the film as Racket Doctor in 1945.[3] A Toddy Pictures poster for the film was appraised on an episode of the PBS show Antiques Roadshow.[4]
The Pittsburgh Courier described a gala opening at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.[5]
Advertisements for the film, including a lobby card, remain in existence.[6]
Plot
In the film's storyline, extraordinary measures are resorted to in order to help the poor[7] as a young doctor sets up a free clinic in Harlem.[1]
Cast
- Ralph Cooper as Dr. James Dunbar
- Sybil Lewis as Joan Freeman
- Sam McDaniel as John D. Jones
- Lawrence Criner as "Trigger" Bennett
- Marcella Moreland as Marcella[8]
- Monte Hawley
- Pigmeat Markham
- Reginald Fenderson
- Clarence Brooks[9]
References
- 1 2 "Am I Guilty? (1940)" – via www.blu-ray.com.
- ↑ Pitts, Michael R. (July 25, 2005). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN 9780786423194 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Genesis, W. S. I. "RACKET DOCTOR (1940; ca. 1945 reissue)".
- ↑ "Antiques Roadshow | Appraisal: "Racket Doctor" Movie Poster, ca. 1940 | Season 24 | Episode 22" – via www.pbs.org.
- ↑ "Am I Guilty? (1940)". October 5, 1940. p. 21 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Am I Guilty?, lobbycard, Ralph Cooper, 1940". Getty Images.
- ↑ Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (January 26, 2007). Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810864641 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Am I Guilty?". www.tcm.com.
- ↑ Bogle, Donald (February 19, 2009). Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307514936 – via Google Books.
External links
- Am I Guilty? at IMDb