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Reform School (film)
Reform School is a 1939 Million Dollar Productions American film produced by Harry M. Popkin, directed by Leo C. Popkin, written by Joseph O'Donnell and Hazel Jamieson and starring Louise Beavers.[1][2][3][4] In 1944, the film was rereleased as Prison Bait. PlotBeavers plays Mother Barton, a probation officer[5] of a large city who believes in a plan for an "honor system" at a reform school. When the previous superintendent of the school is ousted, she becomes superintendent and must address a brutal guard, the previous superintendent's henchmen and students at the school.[4] The film marked the debut of the Harlem Tuff Kids, a group that included Eugene Jackson, DeForrest Covan, Eddie Lynn and Bob Simmons.[6] The group also appeared in the 1942 film Take My Life. In 2022, a print restored by the Academy Film Archive premiered on the Turner Classic Movies television channel. Cast
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