Original Toddy Pictures 1940s Re-Release Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Leo C. Popkin comedy/drama, REFORM SCHOOL (1939) starring Louise Beavers, Reginald Fenderson, Monte Hawley, and Eugene Jackson. Like many of the all-black films of the 1930′s, this film was sparsely produced and unevenly acted. Beavers heads the cast as Mother Barton—a reform-minded matron who tries to improve the conditions in a rundown reformatory. The young reform school inmates are billed as the “Harlem Tuff Kids”—an obvious homage to the all-white “Dead End Kids.” The film was re-released by Toddy Pictures in the 1940s under the title, PRISON BAIT. This original scene lobby card is in very fine condition.

Original Million Dollar Productions Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Leo C. Popkin comedy/drama, REFORM SCHOOL (1939) starring Louise Beavers, Reginald Fenderson, Monte Hawley, and Eugene Jackson. Like many of the all-black films of the 1930′s, this film was sparsely produced and unevenly acted. Beavers heads the cast as Mother Barton—a reform-minded matron who tries to improve the conditions in a rundown reformatory. The young reform school inmates are billed as the “Harlem Tuff Kids”—an obvious homage to the all ‚Äìwhite “Dead End Kids.” This original scene lobby card is in very fine condition.

Original Toddy Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham comedy short, PIGMEAT’S LAUGH HEPCATS (1947) starring Markham, Monte Hawley, Lillian Randolph, and Vernon McCalla. Pigmeat Markham was a burly burlesque comedian who began his show business career as a tap dancer before breaking into black vaudeville. His nickname “Pigmeat” came from a comedy sketch where he declared himself “Sweet Poppa Pigmeat” onstage, and the nickname stuck. This original scene lobby card with Pigmeat Markham scratching his head is in very fine condition.