Ol' King Cotton (1930)
1930 · Short film · 11 min · dir. Ray Cozine
- Music
Synopsis
George is a shiftless father and husband, who lets his wife and old mother in law do all the work at his tumbledown farm, preferring to sleep under a tree. His wife finally threatens him into finding a job moving cartons in a warehouse.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Ray Cozine
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Kino Video
- Released
- 1930-12-26
- Running time
- 11 minutes
Cast & crew
- Ray Cozine Director
- George Dewey Washington
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Unusual short film · HappySwordsman · 2026-02-23
I've seen singer George Dewey Washington in a number of short films, but this is the first time I've seen him in an acting role. Very much of its time, but his singing is very lovely.
