Mr. Washington Goes to Town is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and Jed Buell, and starring F. E. Miller, Mantan Moreland and Maceo Bruce Sheffield. The film was marketed primarily to black audiences and written and filmed in six days.
Later in 1942, the film's sequel Lucky Ghost was produced and released.
Plot While serving time in county prison, Wallingford reads a story in the newspaper saying that his cellmate Schenectady has inherited a mansion from his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.
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 Stepteau as Mrs. Brutus Johnnie Taylor as Magician Sam Warren as Barber Geraldine Whitfield as Young Girl
References
Bibliography Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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