Banjo on My Knee (film)
| Banjo on My Knee | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | John Cromwell |
| Written by | Harry Hamilton (novel) |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | Banjo on My Knee (1936 novel) |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck Nunnally Johnson |
| Starring | Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Walter Brennan |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Hanson T. Fritch |
| Music by | Score: Charles Maxwell Songs: Jimmy McHugh (music) Harold Adamson (lyrics) |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Banjo on My Knee is a 1936 American musical comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell.[1] The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Sound Recording category for the work of Edmund H. Hansen.[2]
Plot
[edit]Ernie Holley flees on his wedding night because he thinks that he has killed a wedding guest. His father Newt and his bride Pearl find him in New Orleans and persuade him to return home.
Cast
[edit]- Barbara Stanwyck as Pearl Elliott Holley
- Joel McCrea as Ernie Holley
- Walter Brennan as Newt Holley
- Buddy Ebsen as Buddy
- Helen Westley as Grandma
- Walter Catlett as Warfield Scott
- Tony Martin as Chick Bean (as Anthony Martin)
- Katherine DeMille as Leota Long (as Katherine De Mille)
- Victor Kilian as Mr. Slade
- Minna Gombell as Ruby
- Spencer Charters as Judge Tope
- Theresa Harris (uncredited) singer on dock
Reception
[edit]In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Frank S. Nugent wrote:
If we are to believe the Roxy's "Banjo on My Knee"—and there isn't an earthly reason why we should—the picturesque shanty boaters of the Mississippi are nothing more than song-and-dance men in the rough, homegrown crooners, players of one-man bands or torch singers of limited range and a tendency to grow moist-eyed whenever they hear that old American folk-song 'The St. Louis Blues.' It is an unsettling premise, disillusioning and unthinkable, and it impels us to scowl fiercely at the ballyhoo artists who have been telling us that the new Twentieth Century-Fox picture "combines the setting of 'Tobacco Road' with the mood of 'Steamboat 'Round the Bend.'" It ain't no such thing.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sandra Brennan (2012). "Banjo on My Knee". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. (December 12, 1936). "The Screen". The New York Times. p. 15.
External links
[edit]- Banjo on My Knee at IMDb
- Banjo on My Knee at the TCM Movie Database
- Banjo on My Knee at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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