Minstrel Days

Name: Minstrel Days
Genre: Musical, Short
Released: 1941-09-06
Duration: 19 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Bud Jamison, Al Herman, Billy Elliott, Willie Best, Three Hi-Hatters

IMDb ID: tt0355776 · Year: 1941 · Rating: 6.4 (18 votes)

Genres: Musical · Short

This Vitaphone musical featurette features a minstrel show, with traditional interlocutor and Mr. Bones, doing many old time songs (mostly Stephen Foster) with Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor in blackface, via stock footage from earlie...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesUnited States: Broadway Brevities (1941-1942 season) #1: Minstrel Days (series title)
United States: Classics of the Screen (1953-1954 season) #1: Minstrel Days (series title)
United States: Minstrel Days
United States: WB Featurettes (1946-1947 season) #2 : Minstrel Days (series title)
Broadway Brevities (1941-1942 season) #1: Minstrel DaysRelease Date1941-09-06Runtime19 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews0Critic Reviews0Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywordsbroadway brevity
minstrel show
vitaphone melody masterFilming LocationsWarner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USAProduction CompaniesWarner Bros.IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355776/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0355776.jpgUpdated At2026-02-19T09:14:35

Directors

Bobby Connolly

Writers

Owen Crump

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Bud Jamison | Character: Interlocutor
Actor: Al Herman | Character: Endman
Actor: Billy Elliott | Character: Endman
Actor: Willie Best | Character: Singer
Actor: Three Hi-Hatters | Character: Tap Dancing Trio
Actor: The Songfellows Quartette | Character: Vocal Group
Actor: Eddie Cantor | Character: Eddie: edited from 'Roman Scandals'
Actor: Al Jolson | Character: Jakie: edited from 'The Jazz Singer'
Actor: Knox Manning | Character: Narrator
Actor: Venord Bradley | Character: One of the Three Hi-Hatters
Actor: Shelton Brooks | Character: Bert Williams
Actor: Bill Burt | Character: Tap Dancer
Actor: Emett Casey | Character: Honey Boy Evans
Actor: Harry Cody | Character: Heath, McIntyre & Heath
Actor: Harry Fox | Character: Eddie Leonard
Actor: Hubert Head | Character: Member of Songfellows Quartette
Actor: Udell Johnson | Character: One of the Three Hi-Hatters
Actor: Harry Kruse | Character: Member of Songfellows Quartette
Actor: Clarence Landry | Character: One of the Three Hi-Hatters
Actor: Hank Mann | Character: Poster Man
Actor: Jack Mower | Character: Stage Manager
Actor: Jimmy O'Brien | Character: Soloist
Actor: John Swor | Character: McIntyre, McIntyre & Heath
Actor: Fred Walburn | Character: Boy
Actor: Allan Watson | Character: Member of Songfellows Quartette
Actor: Billy Wayne | Character: Thomas D. Rice
Actor: Jan Williams | Character: Member of Songfellows Quartette
Actor: Walter Wills | Character: Primrose

[Directors Group]
Name: Bobby Connolly | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Owen Crump | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Gordon Hollingshead | Role: Producer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Ernest Haller | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Harold McLernon | Role: Editor

[Music Department]
Name: M.K. Jerome | Role: Music Department
Name: Jack Scholl | Role: Music Department

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355776/videogallery/

Release Schedule

United States: September 6, 1941
United States: November 30, 1946 (re-release)
United States: September 26, 1953 (re-release)

Awards

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Box Office

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