Movie: Minstrel Man

Top 8 Billed Cast

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

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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.

  • Release Date

    1944-01-02

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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    English
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