Square Joe
Square Joe
Director: J. Harrison Edwards (Dir)
Release Date: 1922
Premiere Information: Harlem opening: 18 Jun 1922
Cast:
Joe Jeanette
John Lester Johnson
Marion Moore
Charles Fouchee
Bob Slater
Mrs. Fred R. Moore
Fred Miller
Bobby Fitzgerald
Mrs. Eugene L. Moore
Frederica Washington
Minnie Summer
Summary: An innocent man is convicted of shooting and killing a policeman during a raid of a
neighborhood gambling house. Evidence obtained by a beautiful, winsome woman exonerates
the man, and the real murderer is captured and punished. During the story, a prizefight occurs
between the innocent man and his opponent.
Production Company: Colored Feature Photoplay Co.
Director: J. Harrison Edwards (Dir)
Writer: J. Harrison Edwards (Scr)
Country: United States
Physical Properties: black & white: Silent Film
Genre: Melodrama
Sub-Genre: African American
Subjects (Major): African Americans
False arrests
Murder
Subjects (Minor): Boxing
Evidence
Gambling houses
Police
Police raids
Note: According to New York Age , this was the first production of the Colored Feature Photoplay
Co. The film was shot in Harlem. Joe Jeanette, a prizefighter, trained George Carpentier for his
1921 match with Jack Dempsey. John Lester Johnson was also a boxer. Source: AFI
Director: J. Harrison Edwards (Dir)
Release Date: 1922
Premiere Information: Harlem opening: 18 Jun 1922
Cast:
Joe Jeanette
John Lester Johnson
Marion Moore
Charles Fouchee
Bob Slater
Mrs. Fred R. Moore
Fred Miller
Bobby Fitzgerald
Mrs. Eugene L. Moore
Frederica Washington
Minnie Summer
Summary: An innocent man is convicted of shooting and killing a policeman during a raid of a
neighborhood gambling house. Evidence obtained by a beautiful, winsome woman exonerates
the man, and the real murderer is captured and punished. During the story, a prizefight occurs
between the innocent man and his opponent.
Production Company: Colored Feature Photoplay Co.
Director: J. Harrison Edwards (Dir)
Writer: J. Harrison Edwards (Scr)
Country: United States
Physical Properties: black & white: Silent Film
Genre: Melodrama
Sub-Genre: African American
Subjects (Major): African Americans
False arrests
Murder
Subjects (Minor): Boxing
Evidence
Gambling houses
Police
Police raids
Note: According to New York Age , this was the first production of the Colored Feature Photoplay
Co. The film was shot in Harlem. Joe Jeanette, a prizefighter, trained George Carpentier for his
1921 match with Jack Dempsey. John Lester Johnson was also a boxer. Source: AFI
