Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents ...read more
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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.
Production Company: PRC,
Country: United States of America
Genre: Music
1h 35m
Not available for United States
2
2
Cabaret
Amadeus
La La Land
My Fair Lady
Cold War
Going My Way
Whiplash
An American in Paris
Moulin Rouge!
Bohemian Rhapsody
La Vie en Rose
Oliver!
Bugsy Malone
The King and I
Wilson
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