Oft in the Silly Night

{{Short description|1929 American short comedy film}}

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Oft in the Silly Night is an American short comedy film released in 1929. It was produced by Al Christie from a story by Octavus Roy Cohen, part of a series published in the Saturday Evening Post and adapted to film in Christie productions. Among the early "talkie" films featuring an African American cast, the film survives and is available online.

The plot has a chauffeur sneaking out with his employer's car and daughter.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swNLlRZlTz0C&q=oft+in+the+silly+night+1929|title=Exhibitors Herald World|date=December 2, 1930|publisher=Quigley Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} The film and the series feature exaggerated "Negro" dialect and stereotypes.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjO7_Ju7lWUC&q=Oft+in+the+silly+night&pg=PA88|title=Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison|first=Barbara Tepa|last=Lupack|date=December 1, 2002|publisher=University Rochester Press|isbn=9781580461030|via=Google Books}}

The film was re-released on the DVD Birmingham Black Bottom in 2003.