re: rose of washington square/ african american history


from a “special features” film I learn that the director of Rose of Washinton Square was more known for being workman-like than for being artistic, yet the end of the film, when one sees suddenly a black arm thrust in front of the Tyrone Power character (and knows the position that man is in and his relation to the Tyrone Power character) brings to mind that the only other time one has seen a black face in the movie is Al Jolson wearing black face –Jolson who has been a mainly adversarial counterpoise to the Tyrone Power character– a poetic touch which indicates one doesn’t know what — but sticks out– or did to me on this occasion of having watched it.