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Big Boy

1930, Movie, NR, 68 mins

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A very strange film that is quite outdated.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... read more leave a comment
Ihaa!/Bailalo, Music Video by Big Boy
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Length: 04:11
Posted: 8/31/2009
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Year: 1930
Rated NR

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Cast
Al Jolson: Gus
Claudia Dell: Annabel Bedford
John Harron: Joe
Franklin Batie: Jim
Lew Harvey: Doc Wilbur
Eddie Phillips: Coley Reed

 

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