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Sunday Sinners (1940)

Sunday Sinners poster
Directed by
Arthur Dreifuss
Genre
music, comedy, drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman runs a nightclub that draws in churchgoers and leads to conflicts with a local preacher. It mixes comedy, music, and religious themes in a small community setting.

light-heartedmusicalcomedicold-fashionedearnestlivelywholesome

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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