Square Joe
1922 film
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Square Joe is a boxing-themed American drama film released in 1922.[1] The silent film was directed by J. Harrison Edwards and starred boxer Joe Jeanette with fellow boxer John Lester Johnson co-starring.[2][3] It was produced by Colored Feature Photoplay Co.[4] and opened in Harlem at the Roosevelt.[5] It is about an innocent man convicted of killing a policeman during a raid on a gambling operation and features a boxing match.[4]
The New York Age reported the film "thrills and holds the interest of spectators from beginning to end."[6]
John Lester Johnson was in several more films afterwards.[7] Jeanette later fought Jack Johnson who also appeared in films. Their fight appears in the 1970 documentary film Jack Johnson.[2]
The film was Fredi Washington's debut on the big screen.[5]
Cast
- Joe Jeanette
- John Lester Johnson
- Marion Moore
- Charles Fouchee
- Bob Slater[4]
- Mrs. Fred Moore
- Fred Miller
- Bobby Fitzgerald
- Mrs. Eugene L. Moore
- Fredrica Washington
- Minnie Summer[6]
