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