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'His Darker Self' is a 1924 American silent blackface comedy film directed by John W. Noble and starring Lloyd Hamilton, Tom Wilson, and Sally Long.Munden p. 351 The plot involves a self-taught small town detective who, after a Black friend is killed, goes undercover in blackface.

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Al Jolson was originally cast as the lead in 'His Darker Self', but he dropped out to protect his stage career.Steinmetz p. 187, note 77 Lloyd Hamilton, a veteran of many comedy short films, replaced Jolson. Jolson would later use blackface while starring in the first talking picture, 'The Jazz Singer' (1927).

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* Munden, Kenneth White (1997). 'The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1'. University of California Press.

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