Reform School (film)

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][4]

Reform School
Directed byLeo C. Popkin
Written byJoseph O'Donnell
Hazel Barnes Jamieson
Screenplay byZella Young
Produced byHarry M. Popkin
StarringLouise Beavers
Reginald Fenderson
Monte Hawley
CinematographyWilliam Hyer
Edited byBart Rauw
Music byLou Frohman
Distributed byMillion Dollar Productions, Inc.
Release date
April 27, 1939
Running time
82 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

In 1944, the film was rereleased as Prison Bait.

Beavers plays Mother Barton, a probation officer[5] 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.[4]

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.

Cast

References
  1. Dodson, Nell (6 May 1939). "Million Dollar Pictures Scores Dramatic Hit With "Reform School"". Afro-American. p. 11. ProQuest 531249052. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. Grant, Barry Keith (December 1, 2012). Film Genre Reader IV. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292745742 – via Google Books.
  3. ""Reform School" Brings Out Great Beavers' Talent". Atlanta Daily World. 17 Apr 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. "Reform School at Apollo: Louise Beavers to Appear With Gripping "Dead End" Drama". New York Amsterdam News. 17 June 1939. p. 17. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. Gates (Jr.), Henry Louis; Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (November 25, 2009). Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195387957 – via Google Books.
  6. Harry, Levette (17 Apr 1939). "Louise Beavers "Tops" In "Reform School" Feature: Interpretation Is Best In Her Career". Atlanta Daily World. p. 2. Retrieved 6 March 2021.


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