Dark and Cloudy
- Directed by
- Craig Hutchinson
- 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.
How it feels
A comedy short from 1919 uses blackface as a gag. It involves white actors in a sketch filmed by the Gayety Comedies studio.
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What happens
Dark and Cloudy is a 1919 film with Lillian Biron and George Ovey. It is part of the Library of Congress Black Films paper print collection, although it appears to be a comedy short featuring white actors. The film has been described as using blackface as a comic pretext. It was directed and written by Craig Hutchinson. The film was advertised by its studio, Gayety Comedies, alongside the 1919 film Lovesick at Sea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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