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.

Released Jan. 31, 1931 18 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Music, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.african-american, imdb.vaudeville

Production Companies: Micheaux Film

Country: United States
Languages: English