Chicago After Dark was another comedy short featuring Onnie “Lollypop” Jones and produced by All-American News. It follows a young attorney and his girlfriend who go after a crooked politician. While this is a lost film, what little is known of the plot does not suggest that it focused on racial issues but rather highlighted historically Black music, including jazz and bebop. Harlem as a location represented modernity in the first half of the 20th century and was often used to signify a contemporary Black space. Chicago After Dark, however, positions Chicago as a new location for Black stories. The poster shows the city’s dazzling skyline with its 1869 Water Tower (now a historic landmark).
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