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Amos 'n' Andy : A Surprising Call from Sapphire

Amos (Alvin Childress), Andy (Spencer Williams) and Kingfish (Tim Moore) are surprised to discover that Sapphire (Ernestine Wade) is still alive and well.. Season 1, Episode 7

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beat, action, beat, emotion, close-up, dolly shot, fade-out, framing, laugh track, medium close-up, medium shot, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, shot/reverse shot, two-shot, visual effects

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Black, Black: African-American, Black: Blackface, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman

"A Surprising Call from Sapphire" in Amos 'n' Andy. Directed by David Trainer, , 1951-08-09, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/SeriesClip.php?id=2556

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