Warners trailer
Though expending a good deal of time and money on this production, Warner Bros. seems to have been very worried about white audiences' reaction to it. The trailer featuring Dick Powell (in a ridiculous moustache) runs three or four minutes, but no one can clearly be seen in it but white people. Afro-Americans aren't mentioned, and in the very short clip from the movie, all the actors are in a long shot with their backs (wings) to the camera, making it very difficult to discern what race they are!
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