Film
The Darktown Revue
1931 · 18m · Comedy · Music
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- 4.8
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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.
Where to watch
Stream
Criterion Channel
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Cast
Crew
- Oscar MicheauxDirector · Writer · Producer
- Alice B. RussellProducer
- Walter StrengeDirector of Photography
- Lester LangDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 31, 1931
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
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