"Foottit et Chocolat" by Lumière brothers (1900)

"In 1895, Raoul Donval, director of the New Circus, formed a new duo, teaming Chocolat with a British clown, George Foottit. The two performed together for twenty years, popularizing clown comedy, especially with the burlesque sketch William Tell. Both were very successful in forming a comic duet between a white clown authoritarian and Auguste black drudge, who by his bewilderment enforced racism but did not prevent the audience from laughing at his excesses nor from admiring his athletic agility." (wikipedia)

Watch the trailer of "Monsieur Chocolat" - a movie by Roschdy Zem with Omar Sy and James Thierrée
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS_VOZHAMl0

Know more about "Foottit and Chocolat"
http://www.circopedia.org/Chocolat