DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Big Timers is a 1945 American musical comedy film directed by Bud Pollard. Directed by Bud Pollard Produced by EM Glucksman (producer) Starring See below Cinematography Lester Lang Editing by Bud Pollard Running time 36 minutes Country United States Language English Cast * Duke Williams * Lou Swarz * Gertrude Saunders * Stepin Fetchit * Tarzana as The Whoopie Dancer * Francine Everett Stepin Fetchit (May 30, 1902 — November 19, 1985) was the stage name of American comedian and film actor Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry. Perry parlayed the Fetchit persona into a successful film career, eventually becoming a millionaire, the first black actor in history to do so. He was also the first black actor to receive a screen credit. Perry’s typical film persona and stage name have long been controversial, and seen as illustrative of negative stereotypes of African-Americans. However, a newer interpretation of his film persona contends Perry was ultimately subversive of the status quo. Perry began entertaining in his teens as a comic character actor. His stage name was a contraction of “step and fetch it”, or perhaps, “step in [and] fetch it.” According to his entry in Ephraim Katz’s The Film Encyclopedia, he borrowed his screen name from a racehorse that won him some money in his pre-Hollywood days. Perry played comic relief roles in a number of films, all based on his character known as “The Laziest Man in the World.” In his …