The Darktown Revue1931
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.
- Released
- 21. 6. 2026
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Certification
- NO
- Country, language
- US · EN
- Community rating
- 3.4 · 5 votes