SUNDAY SINNERS (1940) Mamie Smith, Alec Lovejoy & Cristola Williams | Dramedy, Black Cinema | B&W

Sunday Sinners is a 1940 drama, comedy, musical and religious race film directed by and co-produced by Arthur Dreifuss and Jack Goldberg starring his wife Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris and Earl Sydnor.

SYNOPSIS
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 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 & CREW
Norman Astwood as Gene Aiken
Edna Mae Harris as Corrine Aiken[3]
Earl Sydnor as Reverend Jesse Hampton[2]
Mamie Smith as Midge[3]
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

Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Written by: Vincent Valentini (screenplay), Frank H. Wilson (story)
Produced by: Jack Goldberg
Cinematography George Webber
Editing by Robert O. Crandall
Music by Donald Heywood
Production Companies: Colonnade Pictures Corporation, Arthur Dreifuss Productions, Goldberg Productions
Running Time: 65 minutes
Language: English