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Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926 film)

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Ten Nights in a Barroom
film still
Directed byRoy Calnek
Written byTimothy Shay Arthur
Based onTen Nights in a Bar-Room
1860 play
by William W. Pratt
StarringCharles Gilpin
Lawrence Chenault
Myra Burwell
Music byPhilip Carli
Color processBlack and White
Production
company
Release date
  • January 1926 (1926-01)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)". chicagotribune.com.
  2. ^ Norman Studios Online Museum
  3. ^ "The STAGE Network". The STAGE Network.
  4. ^ Lupack, Barbara (May 26, 2016). Early Race Filmmaking in America. ISBN 9781317434252.
  5. ^ "Pioneers of African-American Cinema: Ten Nights in a Bar Room". kinonow.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
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