His Darker Self

His Darker Self — Plot

A small town man takes a mail-order detective course. When a Black friend is murdered, he goes undercover in black-face to investigate at a notorious, knife-wielding bootlegger's roadhouse. Originally a 5-reel feature (50min), now only 2 reel edit exists.

• Release date
• March 16, 1924
• Runtime
• 16 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• John W. Noble

His Darker Self — Cast

Lloyd Hamilton Claude Sappington Tom Wilson Bill Jackson

T

Tom O'Malley Uncle Eph Irma Harrison Darktown's Cleopatra

E

Edna May Sperl Bill Jackson's Sweetheart Sally Long Claude's Sweetheart Kate Bruce Claude's Mother Warren Cook The Governor