Minstrel Man

Jan 2, 1944

1h 10m

★ 5.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

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PRC

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Cast

Dixie Boy Johnson

Benny Fields

Mae White

Gladys George

Lew Dunn

Alan Dinehart

Lasses White

Roscoe Karns

Bill Evans

Jerome Cowan

Caroline Jr.-16 years old

Judy Clark

Caroline Johnson

Molly Lamont

Singer

John Raitt

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