25 Nov 2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
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Here it is! The scandalous comedy of a scandal columnist who rose FROM A KEYHOLE TO A NATIONAL INSTITUTION
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
Top Billed Cast
Lee Tracy Alvin Roberts
Mary Brian Gladys Price
Dick Powell Bunny Harmon
Allen Jenkins Frankie Wells
Ruth Donnelly Miss Stevens
Emma Dunn Mrs. Roberts
Edwin Maxwell Sam Gobel
Ned Sparks George Moxley
Walter Walker Mr. Miller
Frank McHugh Reilly
Herman Bing Emil
George Chandler Hanson
Jesse De Vorska Morris Shapiro
Tom Dugan Dick Cooper
Ruth Hall Miss Bauman
William Halligan Herbert Flint
Isabel Jewell Dorothy Lane
Jack La Rue Louis De Marco
Charles Lane Kane
George Meeker Cromwell Church
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