Midnight Menace (1946 film)

Midnight Menace is a short American musical film released in 1946. It was produced by All-American News and Al Sack. Josh Binney directed. The plot involves a Voodoo practitioner making dead bodies appear around Lollypop Jones. The film features songs by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf.[1] An alternative description of the plot says the film is about a Voodoo practitioner hypnotizing a man's wife and using her in his stage show.[2]

Midnight Menace
Directed byJosh Binney
Produced byAll-American News
Al Sack
Music byFats Waller
Andy Razaf
Release date
1946

The film was advertised as having an "All Colored Cast". Jones also starred in Chicago After Dark and Lucky Gamblers.[3]

Cast edit

Songs edit

  • "Don't Sell My Monkey Baby"
  • "Honeysuckle Rose"

References edit

  1. ^ Webb, Graham (July 10, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN 9781476639260 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Weisenfeld, Judith (June 8, 2007). Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929–1949. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520940666 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (19 April 2019). Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965. McFarland. ISBN 9781476636283.
  4. ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.