Minstrel Man

Name: Minstrel Man
Genre: Music
Released: 02 Jan 1944
Rating: 5.00
Cast: Benny Fields, Gladys George, Alan Dinehart, Roscoe Karns, Jerome Cowan

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.

Year: 1944

Genre: Music

Studio: PRC

Director: Joseph H. Lewis, Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast: Benny Fields, Gladys George, Alan Dinehart, Roscoe Karns, Jerome Cowan, Judy Clark

Crew: Joseph H. Lewis (Director), Irwin Franklyn (Writer), Pierre Gendron (Writer), Martin Mooney (Story), Raymond L. Schrock (Story), Ferde Grofé Sr. (Music Arranger)

Runtime: 70 minutes

Release: Jan 02, 1944

IMDb: 5.00/10 by 5 users

Popularity: 0

Country: United States of America

Language: English