Big Boy

1930, Movie, NR, 68 mins

A very strange film that is quite outdated. Jolson does most of the movie in blackface as a stable boy who is given the chance to ride "Big Boy" in the Kentucky Derby. Gamblers, bad guys, all the usual cliches abound. Jolson sings a number of songs including an inexplicable flashback to post-Civil War days for a leaden comedy sequence with Jolson leading a choir in a host of black spirituals. At the film's conclusion, Jolson comes out in white face, tells the audience that a Jolson movie should end with a song, and he does "Tomorrow's Another Day." Why is this done? A few oldtimers we asked said that Jolson's blackface character must have been so convincing that Wa...
Released: 1930 Rated: NR Length: 68 mins
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