Am I Guilty?

Am I Guilty? is a 1940 American film directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. The film's producer A. W. Hackel, who had founded Supreme Pictures, planned a series of films featuring black casts, but Am I Guilty? was the only one to be released. The screenplay was cowritten by Earle Snell and George Wallace Sayre based on a story by Sherman Lowe.

Toddy Pictures rereleased the film as Racket Doctor in 1945. Advertisements for the film, including a lobby card, remain in existence, and a poster was appraised on an episode of the PBS show Antiques Roadshow.

The Pittsburgh Courier described a gala opening at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

Plot

Extraordinary measures are taken to help the poor as a young doctor opens a free clinic in Harlem.

Cast

Ralph Cooper as Dr. James Dunbar
Sybil Lewis as Joan Freeman
Sam McDaniel as John D. Jones
Lawrence Criner as "Trigger" Bennett
Marcella Moreland as Marcella
Monte Hawley
Pigmeat Markham
Reginald Fenderson
Clarence Brooks
Jess Lee Brooks

References

1 2 "Am I Guilty? (1940)" – via www.blu-ray.com.
↑ Pitts, Michael R. (July 25, 2005). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN 9780786423194 – via Google Books.
↑ Genesis, W. S. I. "RACKET DOCTOR (1940; ca. 1945 reissue)".
↑ "Antiques Roadshow | Appraisal: "Racket Doctor" Movie Poster, ca. 1940 | Season 24 | Episode 22" – via www.pbs.org.
↑ "Am I Guilty?, lobbycard, Ralph Cooper, 1940". Getty Images.
↑ "Am I Guilty? (1940)". October 5, 1940. p. 21 – via newspapers.com.
↑ Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (January 26, 2007). Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810864641 – via Google Books.
↑ "Am I Guilty?". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020.
↑ Bogle, Donald (February 19, 2009). Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307514936 – via Google Books.
↑ Chappell, Helen F. (June 22, 1940). "CHATTER And Some NEWS". The Chicago Defender. p. 10. ProQuest 492536345. Tuesday night we ran out to one of the Hollywood process laboratories to see a preview of Ralph Cooper's 'Am I Guilty?' [...] The cast and members of the press sat in on the preview, and perhaps Jess Lee Brooks, who has a brief but creditable role, sums it up best in: 'The photography is the best I've seen in this type of picture.'

External links

Am I Guilty? at IMDb

[hack-1] 1 2 "Am I Guilty? (1940)" – via www.blu-ray.com.

[2] Pitts, Michael R. (July 25, 2005). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN 9780786423194 – via Google Books.

[3] Genesis, W. S. I. "RACKET DOCTOR (1940; ca. 1945 reissue)".

[4] "Antiques Roadshow | Appraisal: "Racket Doctor" Movie Poster, ca. 1940 | Season 24 | Episode 22" – via www.pbs.org.

[5] "Am I Guilty?, lobbycard, Ralph Cooper, 1940". Getty Images.

[6] "Am I Guilty? (1940)". October 5, 1940. p. 21 – via newspapers.com.

[7] Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (January 26, 2007). Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810864641 – via Google Books.

[8] "Am I Guilty?". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020.

[9] Bogle, Donald (February 19, 2009). Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307514936 – via Google Books.

[10] Chappell, Helen F. (June 22, 1940). "CHATTER And Some NEWS". The Chicago Defender. p. 10. ProQuest 492536345. Tuesday night we ran out to one of the Hollywood process laboratories to see a preview of Ralph Cooper's 'Am I Guilty?' [...] The cast and members of the press sat in on the preview, and perhaps Jess Lee Brooks, who has a brief but creditable role, sums it up best in: 'The photography is the best I've seen in this type of picture.'