Kentucky Minstrels (film)
Kentucky Minstrels is a 1934 British musical film directed by John Baxter. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by Universal Pictures.[1] Scott and Whaley, the stars of the film, were an African American comedy duo, and the first black performers to take a leading role in a British film.[2] It also featured American actress Nina Mae McKinney. The show derived from the BBC radio programme, The Kentucky Minstrels, first broadcast in 1933, which was written and performed by the same team.[3]
| Kentucky Minstrels | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Baxter |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Julius Hagen |
| Cinematography | Sydney Blythe |
| Music by | W.L. Trytel |
Production company | Real Art Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 1934 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Stephen Bourne, writing in The Independent, referred to the film's "brilliant musical finale".[4]
Cast
- Harry Scott as Pussy-Foot
- Eddie Whaley as Cuthbert
- C. Denier Warren as Danny Goldman
- April Vivian as Maggie
- Wilson Coleman as Ben
- Madge Brindley as Landlady
- Roddy Hughes as Town Clerk
- Norman Greene as Massa Johnson
- Terence Casey
- Edgar Driver
- Jack Gerrard
- Leslie Hatton and His White Coons as Themselves
- Nina Mae McKinney
- Harry S. Pepper and His Band as Themselves
- Leo Sheffield
- Debroy Somers
- Polly Ward
- Josie Woods as Dancer
References
- Wood p.82
- Stephen Bourne, Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television, Bloomsbury, 2005, pp.2-4, ISBN 0826478980
- "BBC's Kentucky Minstrels", Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. Retrieved 29 March 2021
- Bourne, Stephen (23 August 2008). "Josie Woods: Tap-dancing star of music hall". Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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