Minstrel Man

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Benny Fields

Dixie Boy Johnson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Gladys George

Mae White

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Alan Dinehart

Lew Dunn

Age : 54 | Popularity : 29%

Roscoe Karns

Lasses White

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Jerome Cowan

Bill Evans

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Judy Clark

Caroline Jr.-16 years old

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Molly Lamont

Caroline Johnson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

John Raitt

Singer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Joseph H. Lewis Edgar G. Ulmer
	Second Unit Director	Edgar G. Ulmer
Writing	Story	Martin Mooney Raymond L. Schrock
	Writer	Pierre Gendron Irwin Franklyn
Art	Production Design	Edgar G. Ulmer
Sound	Music Arranger	Ferde Grofé Sr.
	Music Director	Leo Erdody
	Songs	Harry Revel Paul Francis Webster
	Original Music Composer	Ferde Grofé Sr. Leo Erdody
Department	Role	Name

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