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Sur un air de Charleston: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Catherine Hessling, Johnny Hudgins, Pierre Braunberger, André Cerf. Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance.
Nov 10, 2023 · Originally titled Sur un air de Charleston, the film was also released as Charleston Parade in English-speaking countries. In some areas of the US and Europe, the film was greeted with protests from censorship boards who simply couldn’t appreciate the aesthetic value in Catherine Hessling’s near-nude dance numbers.
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Charleston Parade (Sur un air de Charleston) is a short 1927 dance comedy film starring Jean Renoir and Johnny Hudgins. It was directed by Jean Renoir. Hudgins performs in blackface. The film is extant. Renoir used some of the leftover footage from his previous film Nana. It was shot in a few days and unfinished. It deals with racial roles.
Un savant africain décide de partir en exploration en bulle volante. Arrivé au-dessus de ce qui reste de Paris, il pose son engin sur le toit d'une colonne Morris, laquelle sert d'abri à une belle sauvagesse aborigène blanche, dont le seul compagnon est un singe.
"Sur un air de Charleston" is a French black-and-white silent film from almost 90 years ago. The man behind the camera here was the then pretty young Jean Renoir. The story is about a young white woman (Hessling appeared in several Renoir films) who teaches dancing to a distinguished Black gentleman, makeup work not so great, it was very ...
Film (1927 France; vt Charleston Parade). Produced and directed by Jean Renoir (1894-1979). Written by Pierre Lestringuez from an idea by André Cerf. Cast includes Catherine Hessling and Johnny Hudgins. 20 minutes. Black and white. This incomplete film is Renoir's only venture into science fiction.
