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TMDB Rating 5
IMDB Rating 5.7

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Revenue: $0

Budget: $0

Profit: - $0


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Status: Released

Average Rating: 5

Release Date: Jan 2, 1944

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Run Time: 1h 10m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: PRC


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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

Benny Fields

Dixie Boy Johnson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gladys George

Gladys George

Mae White

Age : 54 | Popularity : 7%

Alan Dinehart

Alan Dinehart

Lew Dunn

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Lasses White

Age : 78 | Popularity : 4%

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Bill Evans

Age : 74 | Popularity : 7%

Judy Clark

Judy Clark

Caroline Jr.-16 years old

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Molly Lamont

Molly Lamont

Caroline Johnson

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

John Raitt

John Raitt

Singer

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Joseph H. Lewis
Joseph H. Lewis
Second Unit Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Art Production Design
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Writing Story
Raymond L. Schrock
Raymond L. Schrock
Martin Mooney
Martin Mooney
Writer
Pierre Gendron
Pierre Gendron
Irwin Franklyn
Irwin Franklyn
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