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1919 American film
Dark and Cloudy
Directed byCraig Hutchinson
StarringLillian Biron
George Ovey
Production
company
Gayety Comedies
Release date
  • 1919 (1919)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

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.

References

  1. "Black Films: Paper Print Collection: Guides & Finding Aids (Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Libraryof Congress)". www.loc.gov.
  2. Butters, Gerald R. (2002). Black Manhood on the Silent Screen. Lawrence : University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1197-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. Smith, Jessie Carney (December 17, 2010). Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313357978 – via Google Books.
  4. "Gayety Comedies". Motion Picture News. Vol. 20, no. 26. New York City. 20 Dec 1919. p. 4424. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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