Big Boy (musical)

Big Boy is a 1925 musical written by Harold R. Atteridge, music by James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer, and lyrics by Buddy DeSylva. The show featured Al Jolson as Gus, a downtrodden African-American stable boy who ends up as a jockey winning the Kentucky Derby.[1] The all-but-one-man show,[clarification needed] which introduced the standard "It All Depends on You", was turned into a film in 1930. Dances and Ensembles Arranged by Seymour Felix and Larry Ceballos; Staged by J. C. Huffman; Dialogue Directed by Alexander Leftwich

References

  1. ^ Thomas S. Hischak What Happened to the Broadway Musical When It Went to Hollywood. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004 0810850184 p.57 "Big Boy (1925) was a loosely structured stage vehicle in which Jolson's Gus was a put-upon Negro stable boy who ends up as a jockey winning the Kentucky Derby. Singing songs such as "Keep Smiling at Trouble" and "It All Depends on You .."

 

Prefix: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Portal di Ensiklopedia Dunia