Mammy

Mammy (1930)

Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in cities and towns across the U.S. Jolson falls in love with an actress in the troupe (Lois Moran), but she loves another (Lowell Sherman). Sherman is shot onstage as part of a comedy bit, and it is assumed that Jolson is guilty of putting the bullet in the gun.

Date of release
1930-03-26
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Music, Comedy
Director
Michael Curtiz

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

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