Watch Minstrel Man (1944) Online

Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields. The star is cast as Dixie Boy Johnson, who rises from the ranks of minstrel shows to become a top Broadway attraction. On the opening night of his greatest stage triumph, Dixie Boy's wife dies in childbirth. Profoundly shaken, he walks out of the show, leaving the baby to be raised by his showbiz pals Mae and Lasses White (Gladys George, Roscoe Karns). The kid grows up to be an attractive young woman named Caroline (Judy Clark), who follows in her dad's footsteps by billing herself as-that's right-Dixie Girl Johnson. This leads to a tearful reunion between Caroline and the father she'd long assumed to be dead. If Minstrel Man seems at times to be a dress rehearsal for Columbia's The Jolson Story (1946), it shouldn't surprising: the PRC film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, who went on to helm Jolson Story's musical highlights. Read More

Watch Minstrel Man online. Featuring Benny Fields and Gladys George, Minstrel Man is classified as Music genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4.3. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 3 services such as EPIX Amazon Channel and FlixFling. The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1944. Minstrel Man was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,Joseph H. Lewis. Read Less