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Overview

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Director:
Alan Crosland
Writers:
Harold Atteridge (play)
Buddy G. DeSylva (play)
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Release Date:
11 September 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Plot:
Gus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss' horse, Big Boy, to victory at the Kentucky Derby. | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
68 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the first of two Jolson Broadway vehicles to be filmed; the other was Wonder Bar (1934). more
Soundtrack:
What Will I Do Without You? more

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0 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Here's the deal..., 21 August 2001
Author: Hotoil

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.

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