Minstrel Man
Minstrel Man

Minstrel Man

5.0

1 hr 10 min

1944-01-02

5

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.

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Characters

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

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