54min | Comedy, Music | 13 July 1951
Director: Ron Ormond
Stars: Chick Watts, Cotton Watts, Ches Davis, Scatman Crothers.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044222/
Watched clips online, ok print.
I would like to see the whole thing. Most clips were of whites performing in blackface, and that was all very mediocre and painful, reminding me why blackface is so offensive.
The thing I'd like to see is the black performers, of whom there were only 2 clips, and 1 was comedy that I've seen done by others (conversation where no idea is completed, interrupted by the other as though they knew what was about to be said. Scatman C was one of the participants here.)
The interesting clip was of Brother Bones, who whistled and played "bones" like a different culture's version of castanets. He whistled well and for a long time, and the rhythms from the bones made me want a closeup in slow motion to see what the bones were doing, if they were joined (like castanets), and how his hands were moving.
It is available for sale, but not at a price I'd be willing to pay (about $6). Unfortunately it's paired with something country/western, which is outside of interest zone.
indies, dir. Ormond; 5-
