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Mammy / a Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & The Vitaphone Corporation present ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screen play & dialogue by Gordon Rigby & Joseph Jackson.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Mr. Bones, author.
Contributor:
Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, director.
Rigby, Gordon, screenwriter.
Jackson, Joseph, screenwriter.
Jolson, Al, 1886-1950, actor.
Moran, Lois, 1909-1990, actor.
Sherman, Lowell, 1888-1934, actor.
Dresser, Louise, 1878-1965, actor.
Bosworth, Hobart, 1867-1943, actor.
Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943, actor.
Lewis, Mitchell, 1880-1956, actor.
Curtis, Jack, 1880-1956, actor.
Vitaphone Orchestra, composer.
Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954, conductor.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), producer.
Vitaphone Corp., producer.
Turner Entertainment Co., producer.
Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989--Film adaptations.
Berlin, Irving.
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
Minstrel shows--United States--Drama.
Minstrel shows.
Male singers--United States--Drama.
Male singers.
Man-woman relationships--United States--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
United States.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Musicals.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Penn Provenance:
Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (91min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
System Details:
DVD-R.
digital
optical
mono
video file
DVD video
Summary:
As the star of Meadow's Merry Minstrels, Al Fuller (Jolson) lands a backer for the show, springboarding the troupe to success, but when a jealous co-star puts real bullets in Fuller's stage gun, Al finds himself charged with attempted murder.
Participant:
Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman, Louise Dresser, Hobart Bosworth, Tully Marshall, Mitchell Lewis, Jack Curtis.
Credits:
Photography by Barney McGill ; edited by Owen Marks ; music, Vitaphone Orchestra, Louis Silvers, conductor.
Notes:
Based on the play and music 'Mr. Bones' by Irving Berlin.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930.
Local Notes:
Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.

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