Big Boy (1930)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Alan Crosland

Writers:

Harold Atteridge (play)
Buddy G. DeSylva (play)

Release Date:

11 September 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Gus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss' horse, Big Boy, to victory at the Kentucky Derby. |

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Melodrama | African American | Horse Racing | Racial Stereotype

Cast

Al Jolson	...	Gus
Claudia Dell	...	Annabel Bedford
Louise Closser Hale	...	Aunt Bessie Bedford
Lloyd Hughes	...	Jack Bedford
Eddie Phillips	...	Coley Reed
Lew Harvey	...	Doc Wilbur
Franklin Batie	...	Jim Redding
John Harron	...	Joe
Tom Wilson	...	Tucker
Colin Campbell	...	Steve Leslie
Noah Beery	...	Bully John Bagby
Edna Bennett
Carl White	...	Character

Runtime:

68 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

This was the first of two Jolson Broadway vehicles to be filmed; the other was Wonder Bar (1934).

Soundtrack:

What Will I Do Without You?

Here's the deal...

This movie is most notable as the film where Al Jolson plays the lead role in black face, which - in case you don't know - was the way any black lead role was because black people weren't allowed to have starring roles in Hollywood. Of course, if you can beyond the disgusting display of a white actor playing an over-the-top black stereotype...well, it's a pretty bad movie anyway.