DVD

Way down south [videorecording] / Variety Films presentation, directed by Bernard Vorhaus, a Roan Group Archival Entertainment from poet Langston Hughes.

Breen, Bobby, 1927- (Added Author). Muse, Clarence (Added Author). Vorhaus, Bernard (Added Author). Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Added Author). Mowbray, Alan, 1896-1969 (Added Author). Morgan, Ralph, 1883-1956 (Added Author). Duna, Steffi, 1913-1992 (Added Author). Blane, Sally, 1910-1997 (Added Author). Maxwell, Edwin, 1948- (Added Author). Middleton, Charles B., 1874-1949 (Added Author). Greig, Robert, 1879-1958 (Added Author). Roan Group (Firm) (Added Author). Variety Films. (Added Author). Bobby Breen, Clarence Muse, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna, Sally Blane, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Middleton, Robert Greig, Hall Johnson choir. (Cast).

Summary:

Louisiana is the setting as young Tim Reid's (Breen) substantial inheritance is covered by a crooked attorney. Breen teems up with a Cajun innkeeper to foil the villain and sing some songs. Co-written by Clarence Muse with African-American poet Langston Hughes, who were also responsible for writing the songs, which include "Louisiana", and "Good Ground."

Item details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (61 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [S.l.] : Roan Group, 2006, c1939.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. "Starring 1930's singing sensation, Bobby Breen"--Container cover. DVD extras: introduction and film history by Lou Lumenick, Chief New York Post Film critic; "Life of a child star: Bill Winckler talks about his father Bobby Winckler" featurette; bonus material from the ROAN archive; "Radiation March" and more.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer, Sol Lesser; director, Bernard Vorhaus; original story and screenplay, Clarence Muse, Langston Hughes; photography, Charles Schoenbaum.
Participant or Performer Note:	Bobby Breen, Clarence Muse, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna, Sally Blane, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Middleton, Robert Greig, Hall Johnson choir.
System Details Note:	DVD, all Region, playable worlkdwide.