Square Joe is a boxing-themed American drama film released in 1922.[1] The silent film was directed by J. Harrison Edwards and starred boxer Joe Jeanette with fellow boxer John Lester Johnson co-starring.[2][3] It was produced by Colored Feature Photoplay Co.[4] and opened in Harlem at the Roosevelt.[5] It is about an innocent man convicted of killing a policeman during a raid on a gambling operation and features a boxing match.[4]

The New York Age reported the film "thrills and holds the interest of spectators from beginning to end."[6]

John Lester Johnson was in several more films afterwards.[7] Jeanette later fought Jack Johnson who also appeared in films. Their fight appears in the 1970 documentary film Jack Johnson.[2]

The film was Fredi Washington's debut on the big screen.[5]

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  1. ↑ "Record Attendance to See Square Joe" The New York Age June 24, 1922
  2. 1 2 Wiggins, David K. (2015). African Americans in Sports. Routledge. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-317-47744-0.
  3. ↑ "Square Joe". Library of Congress. September 14, 1922 – via memory.loc.gov.
  4. 1 2 3 "Square Joe". www.tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies.
  5. 1 2 Gilbert, Valerie C. (2021). Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film: Eight Star Profiles. McFarland. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-4766-4473-8.
  6. 1 2 Richards, Larry (2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4766-1052-8.
  7. ↑ Ritchie, Andrew (2004). Ethnicity, Sport, Identity: Struggles for Status. Routledge. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-135-75587-4.


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