Wonder Bar

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Al Jolson stands behind Dolores Del Rio, resting his hand on her shoulder, in a scene from the 1934 film Wonder Bar; both wear formal evening attire.

Wonder Bar

film by Bacon [1934]

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Wonder Bar (1934) transported the Warner Brothers musical formula to a Parisian nightclub with uneven results, the nadir being Jolson’s number “Goin’ to Heaven on a Mule,” sung in blackface to 200 black children dressed as angels. Bacon could not elevate either Here Comes the…
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Wonder Bar (1934) transported the Warner Brothers musical formula to a Parisian nightclub with uneven results, the nadir being Jolson’s number “Goin’ to Heaven on a Mule,” sung in blackface to 200 black children dressed as angels. Bacon could not elevate either Here Comes the…
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