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The Darktown Revue

1931

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.

Cast & Crew

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Amon Davis

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CCCC
Celeste Cole

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DHDH
Donald Heywood

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SMSM
Sara Martin

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TMTM
Tim Moore

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ATAT
Andrew Tribble

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
1/31/1931
Runtime
0 hours, 18 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
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ROI: N/A
Genres
Comedy
Music
Production Countries
United States of America (US)
Spoken Languages
English (en)
Production Companies
M
Micheaux Picture Corporation