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.
Casts: Celeste Cole, Amon Davis, Donald Heywood
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Countrys: UnitedStates
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| Score | Rating Count | Release Date | RunTime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 110 | 1931-01-31 | 18 |