The Darktown Revue
★ 3.4193118 minReleased
The Darktown Revue
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.
Top Cast
Genres
Comedy | Music
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Budget / Revenue
$0.0M / $0.0M
Production Companies
Micheaux Picture Corporation.
