| Reform School | |
| Director: | Leo C. Popkin |
| Screenplay: | Zella Young |
| Producer: | Harry M. Popkin |
| Starring: | Louise Beavers Reginald Fenderson Monte Hawley |
| Cinematography: | William Hyer |
| Editing: | Bart Rauw |
| Music: | Lou Frohman |
| Production Companies: | --> |
| Distributor: | Million Dollar Productions, Inc. |
| Runtime: | 82 mins |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Reform School is a 1939 Million Dollar Productions American film produced by Harry M. Popkin, directed by Leo C. Popkin, written by Joseph O'Donnell and Hazel Jamieson and starring Louise Beavers.[1] [2] [3]
In 1944, the film was rereleased as Prison Bait.
Beavers plays Mother Barton, a probation officer[4] of a large city who believes in a plan for an "honor system" at a reform school. When the previous superintendent of the school is ousted, she becomes superintendent and must address a brutal guard, the previous superintendent's henchmen and students at the school.[5]
The film marked the debut of the Harlem Tuff Kids, a group that included Eugene Jackson, DeForrest Covan, Eddie Lynn and Bob Simmons.[6] The group also appeared in the 1942 film Take My Life.
In 2022, a print restored by the Academy Film Archive premiered on the Turner Classic Movies television channel.