Rufus Jones for President
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Rufus Jones for President is a 1933 American Pre-Code satirical musical-comedy, clocking in at 21 minutes. The film was directed by Roy Mack, and starred Ethel Waters and Sammy Davis Jr., in his first onscreen appearance, as the title character.[1] This film is available on YouTube.
Synopsis
Rufus Jones, an African American child, is elected president of the United States in this short musical comedy, which features song and dance numbers by seven-year-old Sammy Davis Jr.
Cast
- Ethel Waters as Mother of Rufus Jones
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Rufus Jones (as Sammy Davis)
- Hamtree Harrington
- Dusty Fletcher
- Edgar Connor
- The Will Vodery Girls
- The Russell Wooding's Jubilee Singers
- Russell Wooding as The Russell Wooding's Jubilee Singers (uncredited)
Home media
Rufus Jones for President was released on the six-disc Big Band, Jazz & Swing set of short subjects by Warner Archive Collection. It is also available on the Warner DVD release of The Green Pastures.
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- 1933 films
- 1933 musical comedy films
- African-American films
- American musical comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Vitaphone short films
- Warner Bros. short films
- Films about fictional presidents of the United States
- Films directed by Roy Mack
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- English-language musical comedy films