Mammy (1930)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a minstrel show performer as he navigates life and love onstage and off. The story draws from Al Jolson's own early career in vaudeville.

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What happens

Mammy is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy-drama film with Technicolor sequences, released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film starred Al Jolson and was a follow-up to his previous film, Say It with Songs (1929). Mammy became Al Jolson's fourth feature, following earlier screen efforts as The Jazz Singer (1927), The Singing Fool (1928) and Say It with Songs (1929). The film relives Jolson's early years as a minstrel man. The songs were written by Irving Berlin, who is also credited with the original story titled Mr. Bones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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