Darktown Revue | |
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Directed by | Oscar Micheaux Leonard Harper |
Produced by | Oscar Micheaux Alice B. Russell |
Written by | Oscar Micheaux |
Starring |
Tim Moore Andrew Tribble Celeste Cole Amon Davis Donald Heywood Choir |
Cinematography |
Lester Lang Walter Strenge |
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Running time
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18 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.