Midnight Menace (1946 film) explained

Producer:All-American News
Al Sack
Director:Josh Binney
Music:Fats Waller
Andy Razaf

Midnight Menace is a short American musical film released in 1946. It was produced by All-American News and Al Sack. Josh Binney directed. The plot involves a Voodoo practitioner making dead bodies appear around Lollypop Jones. The film features songs by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf.[1] An alternative description of the plot says the film is about a Voodoo practitioner hypnotizing a man's wife and using her in his stage show.[2]

The film was advertised as having an "All Colored Cast". Jones also starred in Chicago After Dark and Lucky Gamblers.[3]

Cast

Songs

Notes and References

  1. Book: Webb, Graham. Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. July 10, 2020. McFarland. 9781476639260. Google Books.
  2. Book: Weisenfeld, Judith. Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929–1949. June 8, 2007. University of California Press. 9780520940666. Google Books.
  3. Book: Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965. 9781476636283. Pitts. Michael R.. 19 April 2019. McFarland .
  4. Book: Richards, Larry. African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. September 17, 2015. McFarland. 9781476610528. Google Books.