Directed by Roy Calnek[1] and starring Charles Gilpin, the film had a temperance theme and an African American cast.

It followed on Timothy Shay Arthur's 1854 novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There and William W. Pratt's play, as well as earlier film adaptations (listed at Ten Nights in a Barroom) albeit with white casts.

[2] Released during the Prohibition era[3] the film was positively reviewed by critics.

A copy of Ten Nights in a Barroom which came from 35mm film elements preserved by the George Eastman Museum was released on home video in 2016 by Kino Lorber as part of the five-disc Pioneers of African-American Cinema set.

The newer film company also poached actors from Micheaux including Chenault, and both firms claimed they had the greatest star.