Minstrel Man (1944)
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, Edgar G. Ulmer · 70 min · Music
3.8 TOPICAL score · #6,311 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Minstrel Man (1944, directed by Joseph H. Lewis and Edgar G. Ulmer) has a TOPICAL score of 3.8 - ranked 6,311 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 5.5/10 (6 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 5.5/10 (6 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 7 languages
- Still read646 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Benny Fields, Gladys George (actor #1,244), Harold Alan Dinehart, Roscoe Karns
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