The blacksheep son of a wealthy Southern family returns to his family's plantation after he spends five years on the road as a hobo.The blacksheep son of a wealthy Southern family returns to his family's plantation after he spends five years on the road as a hobo.The blacksheep son of a wealthy Southern family returns to his family's plantation after he spends five years on the road as a hobo.
Jules Cowles
- Hobo
- (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
- Railroad Porter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis is one of about two dozen feature films directed by Harry A. Pollard, which the American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, in all 3 of their volumes, 1911-1920, 1921-1930 and 1931-1940, chooses to erroneously credit to comedian Harry (Snub) Pollard, who is, of course, a different person entirely.
- Quotes
Antonia Farraday: You'd better get out of there before my husband catches you.
Carter Jerome: It's only the last place I should worry about being caught by your husband would be in your bedroom.
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There's no real reason to sit through this movie, even if you love Lawrence Tibbett
I'm a big fan of Metropolitan Opera baritone Lawrence Tibbett, so I sat through this movie. It wasn't easy, though. Tibbett only gets a few numbers, and he doesn't do anything noteworthy with any of them, even Vincent Youmans' very beautiful "Without a song." He is often very stiff, and while it is true that the script is very bad, he doesn't deliver most of his lines very well. So, in short, it really isn't worth sitting through 76 minutes of bad melodrama to see him.
The rest of the movie is just bad. The melodrama is bad, as I said, and none of the other actors do anything interesting with it.
And then there is the depiction of the black characters, starting with Stepin Fetchit. Even for a 1930s movie, it's bad.
So, my recommendation: if you want to hear Tibbett sing, go to YouTube or your record collection - if you're old enough to have one. Don't regret not seeing him act. He really doesn't here.
The rest of the movie is just bad. The melodrama is bad, as I said, and none of the other actors do anything interesting with it.
And then there is the depiction of the black characters, starting with Stepin Fetchit. Even for a 1930s movie, it's bad.
So, my recommendation: if you want to hear Tibbett sing, go to YouTube or your record collection - if you're old enough to have one. Don't regret not seeing him act. He really doesn't here.
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- richard-1787
- Dec 3, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
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