The Peanut Man (film)
1947 film
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The Peanut Man is a 1947 American film about the life of George Washington Carver starring Clarence Muse. Muse won an interracial unity award for his role in the 45-minute film in 1949. In 1954, Jet magazine reported he was working on another Carver film at his Muse-a-White ranch in Perris, California as a test film for a planned feature film. Tony Paton was the producer for the test film.[1]
Paton and Muse met on a flight to New Orleans.[2] Ebony magazine headlined an article about the film stating it "Indicts Hollywood Race Bias".[2] A continuity cutting for the film was deposited with the New York State Archives.[2]
Maidie Norman made her film debut in the film. A poster for the film touts it as the "First Colored Feature Film in Glorious Natural Colors".[3]
Cast
- Clarence Muse as George Washington Carver
- Ernest Anderson as Robert
- Maidie Norman as Lucretia
- Shelby Bacon as Augustus
- Wade Crosby as Jeffries
- Ray Teal as Dr. Miller
- Bernard Gorcey as Murphy[4]