''Sunday Sinners'' is a 1940 drama, comedy, musical and religious

race film The race film or race movie was a genre of film produced in the United States between about 1915 and the early 1950s, consisting of films produced for black audiences, and featuring black casts. Approximately five hundred race films were produce ...

directed by and co-produced by

Arthur Dreifuss Arthur Dreifuss (sometimes credited as Dreyfuss; March 25, 1908 – December 31, 1993)Mamie Smith Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. As a vaudeville singer she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues histor ...

, Norman Astwood,

Edna Mae Harris Edna Mae Harris (September 29, 1914 – September 15, 1997), sometimes credited as Edna May Harris was an American actress and singer. Harris was one of the first African–American film actress of the late 1930s and early 1940s, appearing i ...

and Earl Sydnor.

Plot

The Club Harlem is jointly owned by Gene and Corrine Aiken who disagree on the matter of the Club being open on Sunday. Rev. Jesse Hampton is receiving pressure from his parishioners to demand the club be closed on Sunday. Other plots include a

protection racket A protection racket is a type of racket and a scheme of organized crime perpetrated by a potentially hazardous organized crime group that generally guarantees protection outside the sanction of the law to another entity or individual from viol ...

pressuring Gene Aiken, two con men attempting to cheat a Chinese laundryman, and the son of the Reverend getting a job at the Club Harlem.

Cast

* Norman Astwood as Gene Aiken *

as Corrine Aiken * Earl Sydnor as Reverend Jesse Hampton *

Mamie Smith Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. As a vaudeville singer she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues histor ...

as Midge * Alec Lovejoy as Eli * Cristola Williams as Creola * Thelma Norton as Peggy Hampton * Harold Norton as Earl Williams * Augustus Smith as The Deacon *Sidney Easton as Bootsie

References

External links

* {{IMDb title , id=033115 , title=Sunday Sinners 1940 films American black-and-white films Race films Films about Christianity American drama films 1940 drama films Films directed by Arthur Dreifuss 1940s English-language films 1940s American films