Mr. Washington Goes to Town

Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Directed by William Beaudine
Jed Buell
Produced by Jed Buell
James K. Friedrich
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Written by Walter Weems
Lex Neal
Starring F. E. Miller
Mantan Moreland
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Music by Harvey Brooks
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by William Faris
Production
company
Dixie National Pictures
Distributed by Dixie National Pictures
Release date
 May 9, 1942
Running time
 64 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Mr. Washington Goes to Town is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Jed Buell and William Beaudine and starring F. E. Miller, Mantan Moreland and Maceo Bruce Sheffield. It was a low-budget film aimed primarily at black audiences, which was written and shot in six days at a cost of $15,000.[1]

Cast

  • F. E. Miller as Wallingford
  • Mantan Moreland as Schenectady Jones
  • Maceo Bruce Sheffield as Brutus Blake
  • Marguerite Whitten as Lady Queenie
  • Edward Boyd as Lonesome Ranger
  • DeForest Covan as Short Man
  • Nathan Curry as Policeman
  • Cleo Desmond as Old Maid
  • Slick Garrison as Man in Barber Chair
  • Clarence Hargrave as Man with Gorilla
  • Henry Hastings as Uncle Utica
  • Charles Hawkins as Goldberg
  • Monte Hawley as Stiletto
  • John Lester Johnson as Tall Man
  • Walter Knox as Man on Crutches
  • Vernon McCalla as Invisible man
  • Clarence Moorehouse as Gorilla
  • Florence O'Brien as Chambermaid
  • Arthur Ray as Blackstone
  • Zerita Steptean as Mrs. Brutus
  • Johnnie Taylor as Magician
  • Sam Warren as Barber
  • Geraldine Whitfield as Young Girl

References

  1. ↑ Marshall p.207

Bibliography

  • Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press, 2005.


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