His Darker Self is a 1924 American silent blackface comedy film directed by John W. Noble and starring Lloyd Hamilton, Tom Wilson, and Sally Long.

[1] The plot involves a self-taught small town detective who, after a Black friend is killed, goes undercover in blackface.

As described in a film magazine review,[2] Uncle Eph, the old black servant of the Sappington family, hauls liquor at night to Bill Jackson's dancehall.

Claude Sappington, in love with the Governor's daughter, but frowned upon by her father, blackens his face and visits Darktown in an attempt to discover the real murderer.

After many wild adventures, he succeeds in making Jackson confess, saves old Eph, and marries the woman he loves.