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Blackface minstrel showman from the low-budget 1944 film ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037076/reference Minstrel Man]''. It got nominated for two Oscars, best score and best original song. | Blackface minstrel showman from the low-budget 1944 film ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037076/reference Minstrel Man]''. It got nominated for two Oscars, best score and best original song. | ||
| − | When his wife dies in childbirth, he abandons his daughter, and is later thought dead in the 1934 Castle Morro disaster. His daughter grows up to be a minstrel herself, [[Dixie Girl Johnson]]. They finally reunite. | + | When his wife dies in childbirth, he abandons his daughter, and is later thought dead in the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morro_Castle_(1930) 1934 Castle Morro disaster]. His daughter grows up to be a minstrel herself, [[Dixie Girl Johnson]]. They finally reunite. |
Played by Benny Fields. | Played by Benny Fields. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:46, 18 January 2019
Blackface minstrel showman from the low-budget 1944 film Minstrel Man. It got nominated for two Oscars, best score and best original song.
When his wife dies in childbirth, he abandons his daughter, and is later thought dead in the 1934 Castle Morro disaster. His daughter grows up to be a minstrel herself, Dixie Girl Johnson. They finally reunite.
Played by Benny Fields.
