Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941)

Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941). 1h 4m

“According to her book, u0026quot;William Beaudine: From Silents To Television,u0026quot; Wendy L. Marshall tells the story of how DIxie National Films was created in 1941. u0026quot;Mr. Washington Goes to Townu0026quot; was the companyu0026#39;s first film and Beaudine was set to direct. She writes u0026quot;the work was awkward at first. The cast was black; the crew was white. The comedy was specifically tailored for a black audience, yet the man responsible for directing its delivery was white…It was scripted and filmed in six days for $15,000.u0026quot;nWhile it might have been made for Black audiences of the early 1940s, it is not a u0026quot;so-called u0026#39;race filmu0026#39;u0026quot; as one reviewer likes to call it. We also do not need a history lesson concerning the segregation of theaters. Comparing this film to a Three Stooges short or The Bowery Boys is just silly.”