Mammy (1930 film)

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Mammy (1929)
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Produced by	Walter Morosco
Written by	Joseph Jackson Gordon Rigby based on the play by Irving Berlin James Gleason
Starring	Al Jolson Lois Moran Lowell Sherman Noah Beery
Music by	Irving Berlin
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Editing by	Owen Marks
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	March 26, 1930
Running time	95 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Mammy (1930) is an All-Talking musical drama motion picture, with Technicolor sequences, which was released by Warner Bros.. The film starred Al Jolson and was a follow-up to his previous film, Say It With Songs (1929).

[edit] Production

"Mammy" became Al Jolson's fourth feature, following earlier screen efforts asThe Jazz Singer (1927), The Singing Fool (1928) and Say It With Songs (1929). The movie relives Jolson's early years as a minstrel man. With the songs by Irving Berlin, he is also credited with its story idea titled "Mr. Bones."

[edit] Songs

• "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy"
• "Here We Are"
• "Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?"
• "The Knights of the Road" (Missing on Surviving Prints)
• "The Call of the South" (Missing on Surviving Prints)
• "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
• "Miserere"
• "Looking At You Across the Breakfast Table"
• "In the Morning"
• "Why Do They All Take the Night Boat to Albany?"
• "Swanee River"
• "To My Mammy"

[edit] Preservation

The original Technicolor sequence was found in a Dutch print which had Dutch titles inserted in several places. This print was used by UCLA for a restoration. Unfortunately, sections of those sequences were lost when Dutch titles were inserted, and some of the cuts from color to sepia tinted black and white are not smooth. Additionally, Two songs are missing from all existing prints that were in the original release: "The Call of the South" and "Knights of the Road." They were written by Irving Berlin and sung by Al Jolson.

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