Tim Moore (1888-1958) was also in a film titled: "BLACKBIRDS OF 1929." He played George "Kingfish" Stevens on the Amos'n'Andy television show by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. There were 75 episodes between 1951-1954, 60 of them survive. The showed was canceled in 1958 in some areas, but was shown on television in Charleston, South Carolina as late as 1963. Red Foxx liked the show and learned much of his comedy routine from Amos'n'Andy. Spencer Williams who played Andy was the first African-American to be a sound technician in motion pictures in 1928 and he acted in and directed many excellent all black cast and crew movies. Amos'n'Andy was the first show to depict African-Americans in roles other than servants, they were shown as policemen, judges, lawyers, doctors, but unfortunately this was the only t.v. programme that showed African-Americans and even though their comedy was tame compared to later black t.v. shows, it sometimes gave the wrong impression to European-Americans about African-Americans. This t.v. show is much discussed at California State University, Northridge's Pan-African Studies classes. I took classes in PAS and obtained a B.A. in Afro-American Studies and did essays on this and other t.v. programs and motion pictures with black casts. Gene Krupa the drummer also made a cameo appearance in this film.
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