Charleston Parade

1927 · 17 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 742 VOTES · DIR. Jean Renoir

Overview

Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance.

Dialogue Timeline — 22 lines

00:00:01 CHARLESTON PARADE
00:00:53 An aircraft is getting ready to leave Central Africa...
00:01:14 On the aircraft, an explorer...
00:01:33 Destination Europa Deserta, an unknown land...
00:03:20 UNKNOWN LAND
00:05:22 NO ENTRY
00:08:33 I have finally discovered my ancestors' traditional dance...
00:09:30 Bravo! Show me more of that wonderful dancing!
00:09:35 Then you can kill and eat me!
00:09:47 Me? Eat you? I don't think so!
00:09:52 Black meat makes me sick!
00:11:06 Hello? I can't hear you. Who is it?
00:11:14 You wish to talk to him? Just a minute...
00:11:41 Hello?
00:11:50 I can't hear a thing!
00:11:57 I've discovered the Charleston, that traditional White dance...
00:12:09 ...and I've decided to learn it!
00:18:09 The explorer turns out to be quite gifted and his teacher indefatigable...
00:18:26 But soon, he gets dizzy...
00:20:48 That is how White aborigines culture became fashionable in Africa...
00:21:17 THE END
02:00:02 a few years after the war.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed22
Dialogue density1.3 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line02:00:02

Production Record

DirectorJean Renoir
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes742