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{{Short description|1929 short comedy film}}
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{{AfC comment|1929 film directed by one of the most important African American movie makers in history. Needs to be included. [[User:FloridaArmy|FloridaArmy]] ([[User talk:FloridaArmy|talk]]) 11:45, 23 June 2022 (UTC)}}


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'''''The Lady Fare''''' is a 1929 American short [[comedy film]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swNLlRZlTz0C&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Exhibitors Herald World|date=April 5, 1930|publisher=Quigley Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Richards |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ |title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1052-8 |language=en}}</ref> directed by William Watson,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coleman |first=Robin R. Means |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C63HBQAAQBAJ |title=Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-94293-8 |pages=99 |language=en}}</ref> from a story by [[Octavus Roy Cohen]], and screenplay by [[Spencer Williams (actor)|Spencer Williams]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4n1ZAAAAMAAJ&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films|first=Henry T.|last=Sampson|date=April 5, 1995|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810826052|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Film Resarch Online |url=http://blackfilm.uchicago.edu/research_projects/spencer_williams.shtml |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=University of Chicago}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=G. William |title=Williams, Spencer |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/williams-spencer |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cripps |first=Thomas |date=1978 |title=The Films of Spencer Williams |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3041505 |journal=Black American Literature Forum |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=128–134 |doi=10.2307/3041505 |issn=0148-6179}}</ref>
'''''The Lady Fare''''' is a 1929 American short [[comedy film]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swNLlRZlTz0C&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Exhibitors Herald World|date=April 5, 1930|publisher=Quigley Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Richards |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ |title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1052-8 |language=en}}</ref> directed by William Watson<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coleman |first=Robin R. Means |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C63HBQAAQBAJ |title=Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-94293-8 |pages=99 |language=en}}</ref> from a story by [[Octavus Roy Cohen]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levette |first=Harry |date=March 2, 1934 |title="Them Wuz The Days" When The Colored Actors Were Busy |pages=11 |work=[[California Eagle]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111712603/california-eagle/ |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> and screenplay by [[Spencer Williams (actor)|Spencer Williams]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4n1ZAAAAMAAJ&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films|first=Henry T.|last=Sampson|date=April 5, 1995|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810826052|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Film Research Online |url=http://blackfilm.uchicago.edu/research_projects/spencer_williams.shtml |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=University of Chicago}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=G. William |title=Williams, Spencer |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/williams-spencer |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)}}</ref> It was produced by [[Christie brothers|Al Christie]] and filmed by the [[Christie Film Company]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=July 11, 1929 |title="Lady Fare" to Be Fun And Music Riot |pages=8 |work=The Black Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112807384/lady-fare-to-be-fun-and-music-riot/ |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> One of the first African-American [[talkie]]s, also called a "singie" and a "dancie",<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Williams, Spencer, Jr. |url=https://oxfordaasc.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-43905 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Oxford African American Studies Center |year=2005 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43905|isbn=978-0-19-530173-1 }}</ref> it featured an all-female [[chorus line]], possibly inspired by the [[Cotton Club]].<ref>{{Citation |title=The Lady Fare |date=September 27, 1929 |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tda.3781/default.html |encyclopedia=Performing Arts Encyclopedia |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> Twenty minutes long, it premiered on September 28.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Яндекс |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/showcaptcha?cc=1&mt=69F6B3C2280E39B56CAA909FA080695E014B2F6202DCC50B9EC8D141A83FF7D0&retpath=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cua2lub3BvaXNrLnJ1L2ZpbG0vMTkyNjYxPw%2C%2C_e8e59b6f34d50005b97bc671112a8487&t=2/1667967107/188eea7f03b7bfec3a0749f4ec3657fe&u=d8bfd3e6-c8aaae31-8e2bd049-b727a2ab&s=d379eacdb8c1915a9b0005e7fa16caa4 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=KinoPoisk.ru |language=ru}}</ref>

The film was one of the first African American talking movies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Williams, Spencer, Jr. |url=https://oxfordaasc.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-43905 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Oxford African American Studies Center |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43905}}</ref> It featured an all-female chorus line, possibly inspired by the [[Cotton Club]].<ref>{{Citation |title=The Lady Fare |date=1929-09-27 |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tda.3781/default.html |work=Performing Arts Encyclopedia |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> The world premiered on September 28, 1929, and it is 20-minutes in length.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Яндекс |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/showcaptcha?cc=1&mt=69F6B3C2280E39B56CAA909FA080695E014B2F6202DCC50B9EC8D141A83FF7D0&retpath=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cua2lub3BvaXNrLnJ1L2ZpbG0vMTkyNjYxPw%2C%2C_e8e59b6f34d50005b97bc671112a8487&t=2/1667967107/188eea7f03b7bfec3a0749f4ec3657fe&u=d8bfd3e6-c8aaae31-8e2bd049-b727a2ab&s=d379eacdb8c1915a9b0005e7fa16caa4 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=KinoPoisk.ru |language=ru}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Roberta Hyson]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=the+lady+fare+1929&pg=PA172|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|first=Bob|last=McCann|date=December 21, 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786458042|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Roberta Hyson]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=the+lady+fare+1929&pg=PA172|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|first=Bob|last=McCann|date=December 21, 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786458042|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Gus Jones]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Gus Jones]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Evelyn Pryre]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Evelyn Preer]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Junie Rutledge]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Junie Rutledge]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Zack Williams (actor)|Zack Williams]]
*[[Spencer Williams Jr.]]
*[[Edward Thompson (actor)|Edward Thompson]]


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The Lady Fare is a 1929 American short comedy film[1][2] directed by William Watson[3] from a story by Octavus Roy Cohen[4] and screenplay by Spencer Williams.[5][6][7] It was produced by Al Christie and filmed by the Christie Film Company.[8] One of the first African-American talkies, also called a "singie" and a "dancie",[8][9] it featured an all-female chorus line, possibly inspired by the Cotton Club.[10] Twenty minutes long, it premiered on September 28.[11]

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  1. ^ "Exhibitors Herald World". Quigley Publishing Company. April 5, 1930 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Richards, Larry (2015-09-17). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1052-8.
  3. ^ Coleman, Robin R. Means (2013-03-01). Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present. Routledge. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-136-94293-8.
  4. ^ Levette, Harry (March 2, 1934). ""Them Wuz The Days" When The Colored Actors Were Busy". California Eagle. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ^ Sampson, Henry T. (April 5, 1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Black Film Research Online". University of Chicago. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  7. ^ Jones, G. William. "Williams, Spencer". Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  8. ^ a b ""Lady Fare" to Be Fun And Music Riot". The Black Dispatch. July 11, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  9. ^ "Williams, Spencer, Jr". Oxford African American Studies Center. 2005. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43905. ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  10. ^ "The Lady Fare", Performing Arts Encyclopedia, September 27, 1929, retrieved 2022-11-09
  11. ^ a b c d "Яндекс". KinoPoisk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  12. ^ McCann, Bob (December 21, 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 9780786458042 – via Google Books.
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