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Minstrel Man

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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.

Directed byJoseph H. Lewis, Edgar G. Ulmer

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 10m
Language
EN
Released
January 2, 1944
Studios
PRC

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Benny Fields

Benny Fields

Dixie Boy Johnson

Gladys George

Gladys George

Mae White

Alan Dinehart

Alan Dinehart

Lew Dunn

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Lasses White

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Bill Evans

Judy Clark

Judy Clark

Caroline Jr.-16 years old

Molly Lamont

Molly Lamont

Caroline Johnson

John Raitt

John Raitt

Singer

Creative team
Directed by
Joseph H. Lewis
Joseph H. Lewis
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by
Irwin Franklyn
Pierre Gendron
Pierre Gendron

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