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

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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