His Darker Self (1924)
Gênero : Comédia
Runtime : 16M
Director : John W. Noble
Sinopse
A small town man takes a mail-order detective course. When a Black friend is murdered, he goes undercover in black-face to investigate at a notorious, knife-wielding bootlegger's roadhouse. Originally a 5-reel feature (50min), now only 2 reel edit exists.
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