A young boy finds himself in a home for retired minstrel acts. He's anxious to find out as much as he can about them, and flashbacks show what it was like back in the days of the minstrel shows.
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Title: Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951)
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Chick Watts | ... | Chick |
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Cotton Watts | ... | Cotton |
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Ches Davis | ... | Ches |
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F.E. Miller | ... | Miller |
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William E. Green | ... | Billy Green (as Billy Green) |
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Elliot Carpenter | ... | Elliott (as Elliott Carpenter) |
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Ellen Sutton | ... | Ellen |
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Sally Anglim | ... | Sally |
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Gary Jackson | ... | Young Boy (as Gary L. Jackson) |
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Slim Williams | ... | Slim |
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Emmett Miller | ... | Emmett |
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Ned Haverly | ... | Haverly |
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Brother Bones | ... | Bones |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Scatman | |
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A young boy wanders into an old-folks home and expresses interest in the old-time minstrel shows. The home's residents, former minstrel men, begin reminiscing, via flashbacks, and the film cuts to a riverboat, and an old-fashioned black-face minstrel show with songs, dances, vaudeville skits and lots of banjo strumming. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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banjo music | choir singing | old people's home | showboat | mississippi river |Taglines:
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13 July 1951 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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Black Face has to be some of the most entertaining comedy of all time. The traveling Minstrel Shows of yesteryear were legendary for their performances. Thank to the likes of Cotton Watts on screen we haven't lost just a great art form.
Watch it and you'll be transported to a simpler and more peaceful time in America. Too bad they don't make these anymore. Great performances, funny, good tap and slide step. I was lucky enough to find it on dvd in the Showtime USA vol 2 collection.
So grab yourself some fried chicken and settle in for a good show!!