"Dusky belles compete! - darktown strutters vie for harlem beauty crown."
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	1501
	Catalog #:	339328
	Clip Number:	339328-1
	Orginal Film:	002-057-06
	Timecode:	00:21:45 - 00:22:27
	Location:	NEW YORK, N.Y.
	Year Shot:	1930 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	No
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CONTESTS: Beauty ENTERTAINMENT: Blackface ENTERTAINMENT: Comedy LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York
	Description:	Some jumpiness to the film making it distorted Title card: "Dusky belles compete! - darktown strutters vie for harlem beauty crown." Beauty contest with African-American women in bathing suits. The women first walk before the crowd at swimming pool. Pan to show the contestants. One contestant has her waist measured by African-American man. Moronic blackface performers joke with contestants. The winner is a buxom beauty . Shot of what appears to be the winners. Final shot: an exploitative tilt from toes to head of winner.

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