The Melancholy Dame (1929)
Directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom
The Melancholy Dame is a 1929 American comedy short film with an African-American cast. Al Christie based it on the Octavus Roy Cohen comedy series called "Darktown Birmingham", published in the Saturday Evening Post. Arvid Gillstrom directed it and Evelyn Preer played the title role.
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