This movie is part of a double-feature of dreck from Alpha Video. And, like most of Alpha's DVDs, the picture and sound quality is terrible...and there is no captioning of any type. The other film included is "The Devil's Daughter" and both films have the distinction of being in the Bottom 10 films in ratings from the 1930s! Imagine...both on the same DVD!! Can any human being survive seeing this much crappiness at one time?! Well, I am living proof that you can...but don't try this at home (at least until you'd got the okay from your doctor)! Unlike "The Devil's Daughter" (which had an all-black cast), the cast for "Chloe" has a mixed cast--something very unusual for the time. I am not sure if the film was intended for black theaters (this was during the pre-integration period where in most locales blacks and whites went to separate and definitely not equal theaters) or for widespread distribution. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information about the company that made this film, Pinnacle Productions.
The main character of the film is a woman of supposed mixed race, Chloe. Who exactly her mother has been a mystery and she was found and raised by a black woman in the swamp. Frankly, the story is pretty confusing (parts appear to be missing and the DVD is almost 10 minutes shorter than the running time listed on IMDb) but the main gist of the story is that Chloe, despite being raised by and with black people, really, really wants to be 100% white. At the same time, the woman who raised her plans on using Chloe to exact revenge against the Colonel--a man she blames for the lynching of a family member. By the end, the Colonel claims Chloe is his long lost daughter and the woman that raised her denies it. All this is followed by a silly voodoo scene with lots of ignorant black folks dancing about and acting like stereotypes as they are about to sacrifice Chloe (how did it ever get to this scene from the last?!?!). She is saved and then learns the happy news that she is, in fact, not really one bit black and her foster mother had lied about this! And this, apparently, is supposed to be a happy ending!
The bottom line is that you've got a muddled story that manages to be boring, confusing AND racist! This is quite the feat. Combined with bad acting, poor direction and the usual horrible print from Alpha Video, I can't see why anyone would want to see it--especially since it's not even good as a 'bad movie'--though it is pretty funny to watch Chloe badly overact without even saying anything at the 48 minute mark!
This DVD deserves to be the recipient of some sort of animal cruelty award, as "The Devil's Daughter" features a real cock fight and in "Chloe" you get to see a guy kill a poor snake! Sure it was a rattlesnake, but to kill it for the audience's pleasure seems pretty nasty. Plus there was no point to this senseless act...just the pure joy of killing one of God's creatures.
The main character of the film is a woman of supposed mixed race, Chloe. Who exactly her mother has been a mystery and she was found and raised by a black woman in the swamp. Frankly, the story is pretty confusing (parts appear to be missing and the DVD is almost 10 minutes shorter than the running time listed on IMDb) but the main gist of the story is that Chloe, despite being raised by and with black people, really, really wants to be 100% white. At the same time, the woman who raised her plans on using Chloe to exact revenge against the Colonel--a man she blames for the lynching of a family member. By the end, the Colonel claims Chloe is his long lost daughter and the woman that raised her denies it. All this is followed by a silly voodoo scene with lots of ignorant black folks dancing about and acting like stereotypes as they are about to sacrifice Chloe (how did it ever get to this scene from the last?!?!). She is saved and then learns the happy news that she is, in fact, not really one bit black and her foster mother had lied about this! And this, apparently, is supposed to be a happy ending!
The bottom line is that you've got a muddled story that manages to be boring, confusing AND racist! This is quite the feat. Combined with bad acting, poor direction and the usual horrible print from Alpha Video, I can't see why anyone would want to see it--especially since it's not even good as a 'bad movie'--though it is pretty funny to watch Chloe badly overact without even saying anything at the 48 minute mark!
This DVD deserves to be the recipient of some sort of animal cruelty award, as "The Devil's Daughter" features a real cock fight and in "Chloe" you get to see a guy kill a poor snake! Sure it was a rattlesnake, but to kill it for the audience's pleasure seems pretty nasty. Plus there was no point to this senseless act...just the pure joy of killing one of God's creatures.