Darktown Revue (1931)

Original title

The Darktown Revue

Directed by

Oscar Micheaux

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

18 min

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This 1931 short film features choral singing and vaudeville acts performed by an all-Black cast. It includes a comedy duo doing a routine about a haunted house. The camera does not move much because it was an early sound film.

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What happens

Darktown Revue (1931) is an 18-minute American Pre-Code short film by Oscar Micheaux, his first short venture into sound film. The dances and ensembles were co-directed by Leonard Harper and the picture was shot along with their feature-length all-black talkie, The Exile. As in many early talkies, the camera-work is extremely static. The film included choral singing and several vaudeville acts, including the comedy duo of Tim Moore and Andrew Tribble doing a routine about a haunted house. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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