Big Boy
About Big Boy
Gus, who looks after the Bedford family's horses in Kentucky, wants to ride their colt Big Boy in the Kentucky Derby. Al Jolson plays Gus. Claudia Dell and Louise Closser Hale are billed. It is based on the 1925 Broadway show of the same name, in which Jolson also starred. Noah Beery is on the English Wikipedia cast.
Cast & crew
More about Big Boy
Alan Crosland directed this pre-Code musical comedy. Hal Mohr photographed it. Ralph Dawson edited it. Warner Bros. released it. Wikidata times it at 68 minutes. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Hal Mohr photographed the stable and the Derby scenes.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Jolson had already played Gus on Broadway in 1925.
- The horse and the Derby are the plot, not a backstage story.
- The Commons file is Big Boy (1930).
Scenes
- Gus gets his chance to ride Big Boy for the Bedfords.
Influenced by
- The 1925 Broadway show Big Boy
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Big Boy)
