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Check and Double Check
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<p><i>Check and Double Check</i> is a 1930 American <a href="/facts/Pre-Code_Hollywood/ABrQVqR8">pre-Code</a> <a href="/facts/Comedy_film/uKRYTRP3">comedy film</a> produced and released by <a href="/facts/RKO_Radio_Pictures/L39uAqh7">RKO Radio Pictures</a>, based on the <i><a href="/facts/Amos_%2527n%2527_Andy/zaSGGstK">Amos 'n' Andy</a></i> <a href="/facts/Old-time_radio/SANwBBCs">radio show</a>. The title was derived from a <a href="/facts/Catchphrase/N54QWsYr">catchphrase</a> associated with the show. Directed by <a href="/facts/Melville_W._Brown/bDUSpuz1">Melville W. Brown</a>, from a screenplay by <a href="/facts/Bert_Kalmar/vdnIQRTI">Bert Kalmar</a>, <a href="/facts/J._Walter_Ruben/guuvvYnt">J. Walter Ruben</a>, and <a href="/facts/Harry_Ruby/WuNuEdre">Harry Ruby</a>, it starred <a href="/facts/Freeman_Gosden/4VeXStdu">Freeman Gosden</a> and <a href="/facts/Charles_Correll/s8mfJ0Ln">Charles Correll</a> in <a href="/facts/Blackface/KIkW5Pvv">blackface</a>, in the roles of Amos Jones and Andy Brown, respectively, which they had created for the radio show. The film also featured <a href="/facts/Duke_Ellington/CEVXATkB">Duke Ellington</a> and his Cotton Club Orchestra. </p>