The Darktown Revue
(1931) | Released
Ratings
3.2
Financials
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: - $0
Movie Details
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Status: Released
Average Rating: 3
Release Date: Jan 31, 1931
Rating: 1931-01-31
Run Time: 12h 18m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Micheaux Picture Corporation
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Synopsis
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.
Main Cast
Amon Davis
Age : 54 | Popularity : 0%
Celeste Cole
Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%
Donald Heywood
Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%
Sara Martin
Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%
Tim Moore
Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%
Andrew Tribble
Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Directing | Director |
Oscar Micheaux
|
| Writing | Writer |
Oscar Micheaux
|
| Production | Producer |
Oscar Micheaux
Alice B. Russell
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| Camera | Director of Photography |
Lester Lang
Walter Strenge
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| Department | Role | Name |