Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926 film)

Ten Nights in a Barroom is an American film released in 1926. Directed by Roy Calnek and starring Charles Gilpin, the film had a temperance theme and an African American cast. It followed on Timothy Shay Arthur's 1854 novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There and William W. Pratt's play, as well as earlier film adaptations (listed at Ten Nights in a Barroom) albeit with white casts. A man's drinking causes him to lose money, his business, and his daughter.

Released during the Prohibition era the film was positively reviewed by critics. It is the second of four films released by Colored Players Film Corporation and one of two, along with The Scar of Shame, that remain in existence. A copy of Ten Nights in a Barroom which came from 35mm film elements preserved by the George Eastman Museum was released on home video in 2016 by Kino Lorber as part of the five-disc Pioneers of African-American Cinema set.

Oscar Micheaux's film company was a rival and released films that competed with the newer film company's releases, in this case The Spider's Web, which was released a week after it debuted. The newer film company also poached actors from Micheaux including Chenault, and both firms claimed they had the greatest star.

Cast

 * Charles Gilpin as Joe Morgan
 * Lawrence Chenault as Simon Slade
 * Myra Burwell
 * Harry Henderson (actor) as Judge's son
 * William A. Clayton Jr. as Rival for Slade's daughter
 * Ethel Smith (actor) as Slade's daughter
 * Arline Mickey
 * Edward Moore
 * William Johnson
 * Florence Kennedy