The Darktown Revue (1931)
Synopsis
With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon David playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davus was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Michaeux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.
Release Date: 1931-01-31
Runtime: 18 minutes
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Top Cast
- Amon Davis as
- Celeste Cole as
- Donald Heywood as
- Sara Martin as
- Tim Moore as
- Andrew Tribble as
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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