The Darktown Revue
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.
About The Darktown Revue (1931)
Released in 1931, The Darktown Revue is a comedy and music film from Micheaux Picture Corporation (United States of America). It was directed by Oscar Micheaux and written by Oscar Micheaux. The cast is led by Amon Davis, Celeste Cole, Donald Heywood, Sara Martin and Tim Moore. With a runtime of 18m, the film averages 4.3/10 across 6 TMDB ratings.
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