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The Melancholy Dame

The Melancholy Dame is a 1929 American comedy short film with an African-American cast. Al Christie based it on the Octavus Roy Cohen comedy series called "Darktown Birmingham", published in the Saturday Evening Post. Arvid Gillstrom directed it and Evelyn Preer played the title role.

Cast
Edward Thompson as Permanent Williams • Evelyn Preer as Jonquil Williams • Roberta Hyson as Sappho Dill • Spencer Williams as Webster Dill • Charles Olden as Florian Slappey ==References==
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