22 Sep 1938
Hits and Bits of 1938
This musical comedy with an all-black cast imagines what television entertainment will be like in the near future.
Beans
Brewster, the bean king, has an option of renewal on a certain bean canning plant owned by Ellis. Ellis does not want to renew so hires shyster lawyer Wingate to help him. Brewster sends Betty to renew the contract but Ellis declines. Later Brewster sends his lawyer along with Ellis' man to persuades her that he isn't crooked. There follows plot and counter-plot, but innocent Betty carries the day.
Top Billed Cast
Edith Roberts Betty Brewster
Lew Cody Kirk
Charles K. Gerrard Wingate
Harry Carter Ellis
John Cossar Brewster
W.E. Lawrence 
Fred Church
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