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Bargain with Bullets

Bargain with Bullets is a 1937 American film. The first film produced by Million Dollar Productions, it features an African American cast of actors and performers. The gangster film is about the Harlem underworld. It was described as the first Hollywood "all-Negro" film. The film features several musical performances.

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Bargain with Bullets is a 1937 American film. The first film produced by Million Dollar Productions, it features an African American cast of actors and performers. The gangster film is about the Harlem underworld.1 It was described as the first Hollywood "all-Negro" film.1 The film features several musical performances.2

Toddy Pictures Company acquired Million Dollar Productions and re-released the film as Gangsters on the Loose.

The gangster themed film drew scrutiny from film censorship boards in the U.S. requiring extensive editing of the film.3

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  1. "Bargain With Bullets (1937)". The New York Age. December 4, 1937. p. 7 – via newspapers.com.
  2. "BARGAIN WITH BULLETS". Library of Congress.
  3. Butters, Gerald R. (September 8, 2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826266033 – via Google Books.
  4. "Bargain With Bullets (1937)". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 30, 1937. p. 24 – via newspapers.com.
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