Minstrel Man
Minstrel Man is a 1944 American musical drama film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). It was a vehicle for Broadway and vaudeville headliner Benny Fields.
Plot
Singing star Dixie Boy Johnson and his wife Caroline are jubilant over Dixie's headlining a Broadway show and Caroline's impending motherhood. On opening night, Caroline is rushed to the hospital and Dixie begs to leave the theater and join her, but producer Lew Dunn refuses. Caroline dies in childbirth and Dixie is shattered. He leaves the baby in the care of his friends, Lasses and Mae, and drops out of sight. Presumed dead, Dixie stays undercover and takes an assumed name, as a shipboard entertainer.
More details
author | Irwin Franklyn Pierre Gendron |
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director | Edgar G. Ulmer Joseph H. Lewis |
editor | Carl Pierson |
genre | drama |
keywords | assumed name baby broadway show old friends opening night presumed dead sing |
musicBy | Ferde Grofé |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score |
producer | Leon Fromkess |
publisher | Producers Releasing Corporation |
theme | musical musical drama |