Way Down South

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Way Down South is a 1939 musical film co-written by Clarence Muse that portrays African American life in the antebellum South and is noted for challenging some racial stereotypes of its time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
castMember Alan Mowbray ⓘ
Bobby Breen ⓘ
Clarence Muse ⓘ
Eugene Pallette ⓘ
Ralph Morgan ⓘ
Sally Blane ⓘ
cinematography Jack MacKenzie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coWriter Clarence Muse ⓘ
Langston Hughes ⓘ
depicts slavery in the United States ⓘ
director Bernard Vorhaus ⓘ
Leslie Goodwins ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
filmingLocation United States ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
race film ⓘ
hasColor black-and-white ⓘ
hasCreativeRoleOfClarenceMuse actor ⓘ
co-writer ⓘ
hasTheme plantation life ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
mainSubject African American life in the antebellum South ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
musicBy Victor Young ⓘ
notableFor challenging some racial stereotypes of its time ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American pre-Civil Rights era cinema ⓘ
portrays African American characters with more complexity than typical Hollywood stereotypes of the era ⓘ
producer Sol Lesser ⓘ
productionCompany Sol Lesser Productions ⓘ
publicationDate 1939 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
runningTime 61 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Clarence Muse ⓘ
Langston Hughes ⓘ
setInPeriod antebellum South ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1939 ⓘ

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Clarence Muse → notableWork → Way Down South ⓘ