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The Darktown Revue (1931)

Overview

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.
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Oscar Micheaux profile
Oscar Micheaux

Director

Cast

Amon Davis profile
Amon Davis

Celeste Cole profile
Celeste Cole

Donald Heywood profile
Donald Heywood

Sara Martin profile
Sara Martin

Tim Moore profile
Tim Moore

Andrew Tribble profile
Andrew Tribble

Amon Davis profile
Amon Davis

Celeste Cole profile
Celeste Cole

Donald Heywood profile
Donald Heywood

Sara Martin profile
Sara Martin

Tim Moore profile
Tim Moore

Andrew Tribble profile
Andrew Tribble

Extra

Release Date

January 31, 1931

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Micheaux Picture Corporation logo

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