The Darktown Revue

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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.

  • Genre: Comedy, Music
  • Release Date: 1931-01-31
  • Runtime: 18 min
  • Country: United States of America
  • Language: English
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 3.4
The Darktown Revue poster