The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Minstrel Days)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Minstrel Days (Gus Edwards, Joe Goodwin) (1929)
Sung offscreen by Charles King, performed by the chorus

Old Folks at Home (Stephen Foster, 1851) aka “Swanee River”
Sung offscreen by Charles King and chorus

Old Black Joe (Stephen Foster, 1860)
Sung offscreen by Charles King and chorus

Low Down Rhythm (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) (1929)
Sung by June Purcell, and danced by her and chorus

1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the studio's second feature-length musical, and one of their earliest sound films. Produced by Harry Rapf and Irving Thalberg and directed by Charles Reisner, it features nearly all of MGM's stars in a two-hour revue that includes three segments in Technicolor. At the 2nd Academy Awards0f 1930, the film received a Best Picture nomination (its sole nomination) but lost to another Irving Thalberg MGM production, The Broadway Melody.