Acting

Amon Davis

Born January 23, 1880

Died June 1, 1934 · aged 54

Amon Davis was born on 23 January 1880 in Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for The Darktown Revue (1931). He died on 1 June 1934 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

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The Darktown Revue

The Darktown Revue · 1931

The Darktown Revue

MovieComedyMusic

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.

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The Darktown Revue

The Darktown Revue · 1931

The Darktown Revue

MovieComedyMusic

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.