An outspoken proponent for the positive treatment of black performers, Muse fought demeaning stereotypes for most his career. Ironically, he was a staunch supporter of the controversial black-oriented TV series
The Amos 'n Andy Show. He insisted that, despite the standard caricatures of the title players, the series allowed black actors to portray white-collar roles such as doctors...
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1940Zanzibar
(performer: "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel" - uncredited)
1939Way Down South
(music: "Good Ground" 1939, "Louisiana" 1939 / lyrics: "Good Ground" 1939, "Louisiana" 1939 / performer: "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers!" 1879 - uncredited, "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?" - uncredited)
1938Spirit of Youth
(writer: "No More Sleepy Time" - uncredited, "Blue, What For?" - uncredited, "Magic Lover" - uncredited, "Spirit of Youth" - uncredited, "Little Things You Do" - uncredited / performer: "Little Things You Do" - uncredited)
1937High Hat
(writer: "I Go Congo" / performer: "I Go Congo")
1936Daniel Boone
(writer: "ROLL ON, WHEEL" - uncredited / performer: "MAKE WAY", "ROLL ON, WHEEL" - uncredited)
1935East of Java
(music: "I Go Congo", "I'm a Spiritual" / lyrics: "I Go Congo", "I'm a Spiritual" / performer: "I Go Congo", "I'm a Spiritual")
1935After the Dance
(writer: "I Heard a Blind Man Singing in the Street" - uncredited / performer: "I Heard a Blind Man Singing in the Street" - uncredited)
1935Red Hot Tires
(performer: "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" 1932 - uncredited)
1935Vitaphone Varieties
(short)
(writer: "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" - uncredited)
1934Broadway Bill
(performer: "The Last Round-Up Git Along, Little Dogie, Git Along" 1933 - uncredited)
An outspoken proponent for the positive treatment of black performers, Muse fought demeaning stereotypes for most his career. Ironically, he was a staunch supporter of the controversial black-oriented TV series
The Amos 'n Andy Show. He insisted that, despite the standard caricatures of the title players, the series allowed black actors to portray white-collar roles such as doctors...
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