Movie Description

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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Facts

Original TitleThe Darktown Revue

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1931-01-31

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 18m

Production CompaniesMicheaux Picture Corporation

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Music