Minstrel Man (1944)
67 min
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields. The star is cast as Dixie Boy Johnson, who rises from the ranks of minstrel shows to become a top Broadway attraction. On the opening night of his greatest stage triumph, Dixie Boy's wife dies in childbirth. Profoundly shaken, he walks out of the show, leaving the baby to be raised by his showbiz pals Mae and Lasses White (Gladys George, Roscoe Karns). The kid grows up to be an attractive young woman named Caroline (Judy Clark), who follows in her dad's footsteps by billing herself as-that's right-Dixie Girl Johnson. This leads to a tearful reunion between Caroline and the father she'd long assumed to be dead. If Minstrel Man seems at times to be a dress rehearsal for Columbia's The Jolson Story (1946), it shouldn't surprising: the PRC film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, who went on to helm Jolson Story's musical highlights.
- Data de estreia
- 2 de janeiro de 1944
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Benny Fields como Dixie Boy Johnson
- Gladys George como Mae White
- Alan Dinehart como Lew Dunn
- Roscoe Karns como 'Lasses' White
- Jerome Cowan como Bill Evans
- Judy Clark como Caroline Jr. - age 16
- Molly Lamont como Caroline Johnson
- John Raitt como Singer
- The Anestos como Dance Specialty
- Lee 'Lasses' White como Tiny
Equipe
- Joseph H. Lewis · Diretor(a)
- Irwin Franklyn · Roteirista
- Pierre Gendron · Roteirista
- Martin Mooney · Roteirista
- Raymond L. Schrock · Roteirista
- Leon Fromkess · Produtor(a)
- Marcel Le Picard · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Carl Pierson · Editor(a)