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Sunday Sinners (1940)
Reverend Jesse Hampton has a bone to pick with the management of Club Harlem, a wildly popular nightspot where drinking and dancing are the rule. No old-fashioned prude, the Reverend tries to see the positive side of the juke joint activities, knowing that the jitterbuggers are basically decent kids who just need to blow off a little steam. But the preacher sees red when the club opens on the Sabbath, threatening to turn the good townsfolk into Sunday sinners. An upcoming dance contest seems destined to become a showdown between the powers of light and darkness.
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Reverend Jesse Hampton has a bone to pick with the management of Club Harlem, a wildly popular nightspot where drinking and dancing are the rule. No old-fashioned prude, the Reverend tries to see the positive side of the juke joint activities, knowing that the jitterbuggers are basically decent kids who just need to blow off a little steam. But the preacher sees red when the club opens on the Sabbath, threatening to turn the good townsfolk into Sunday sinners. An upcoming dance contest seems destined to become a showdown between the powers of light and darkness.
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Genre:Music, Comedy, Drama
Written By:Vincent Valentini
In Theaters:2/1/1940
Box Office:
Runtime:65 minutes
Studio:Colonnade Pictures Corporation, Arthur Dreifuss Productions, Goldberg Productions
Cast
Arthur Dreifuss
Director
Norman Astwood
Gene Aiken
Edna Mae Harris
Corrine Aiken
Cristola Williams
Creola, the singer
Sidney Easton
Bootsie
Mamie Smith
Midge the Coffee Owner
Alec Lovejoy
Eli the Coffee Owner
Earl Sydnor
Reverend Jesse Hampton
Thelma Norton
Peggy Hampton
Harold Norton
Earl Williams
Ernie Ransom
Ray Hampton
Percy Verwayen
Teck Adams
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