Comedy Cakewalk (1903) Americus Quartet as perform.

Comedy Cakewalk 1903. Americus Quartet as performers. Same dancers as in Amusing Cakewalk of the same year. Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform an exaggerated cakewalk in fancy evening clothes. Two of the men wear formal black tie in tuxedos with tails, while the third wears a gray tux of shiny material with an extremely long overcoat and exaggerated cuffs. All have matching top hats and canes. The women wear highly decorated hats and tight-fitting, frilly dresses of only mid-calf len