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Take My Life (1942 film)

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Take My Life
Directed byLeo C. Popkin
Screenplay byEdward Dewey
Billie Myers
Story byBillie Myers
Produced byClifford Sanforth
StarringMonte Hawley
Jeni LeGon
Arthur Ray
Freddie Jackson
CinematographyClark Ramsey
Edited byMartion G. Cohn
Production
company
Distributed byState Rights
Release date
  • 1942 (1942)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Take My Life is an American film released in 1942. It featured a group of young actors known as the Harlem Tuff Kids. In this film they join the U.S. Army.[1] The group also appeared in the 1939 film Reform School. Both were produced by Million Dollar Productions.[2] Oakton Community College has a poster for the film in its collection. The poster includes the taglines Harlem Goes to War! and Thrill to the Brown Bombers in Action.[3]

Toddy Pictures re-released the film as Murder Rap.[4] The film premiered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Weldon, Michael (March 6, 1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312131494 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Richards, Larry (May 27, 2005). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9780786422746 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Take My Life - Oakton Community College". www.oakton.edu.
  4. ^ a b "Take My Life [a.k.a. Murder Rap] (1942) [Lost Film]".
  5. ^ "Take My Life (1942) - Harry M. Popkin | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.