One Big Mistake is a 1940 American film starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham.[1][2] The featurette film recreated one of Markham's stage routines for film. The story involves a straightman approaching three comedians and offering them advice on how to handle women.[3][4] Markham wrote and produced the film.[5] It was filmed in four days[6] with an African American cast.[7] Toddy Pictures rereleased the film in 1947 as part of a compilation of Markham films.[8][9]
Cast
edit- Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham
- Lillian Randolph
- Monte Hawley
- Millie Monroe
References
edit- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (November 29, 1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052 – via Google Books.
- ^ "One Big Mistake, poster, Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, 1940". Getty Images.
- ^ Watkins, Mel (May 29, 1999). On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy from Slavery to Chris Rock. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781569767603 – via Google Books.
- ^ Markham, Pigmeat; Levinson, Bill (November 29, 1969). "Here Come the Judge!". Popular Library – via Google Books.
- ^ Jones, George William (November 29, 1991). Black Cinema Treasures: Lost and Found. University of North Texas. ISBN 9780929398266 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. November 29, 1982. ISBN 9780312038762 – via Google Books.
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (November 29, 2005). Swingin' on the Ether Waves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Programming, 1925-1955. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810840874 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Pigmeat" Markham in "Pigmeat's laugh hepcats," "Mr. Smith goes ghost," "One big mistake": with an all star colored cast. November 29, 1947. OCLC 1003138086 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.
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