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Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Director: Gregory Ratoff
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From Time Out Film Guide
A fictionalised biopic of Fanny Brice, later celebrated in Funny Girl but unacknowledged here, which led to a law suit (settled out of court). Faye sings (nicely and nostalgically), Power is the nogoodnik she loves, and Jolson the 'Mammy'-singing buddy who advises her to pour her heart into a rendition of 'My Man', thus making Power see the error of his ways. Stock stuff but enjoyably done, with excellent camerawork from Karl Freund, and notable chiefly for the number of Jolson standards crammed in for him to sing.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Producer: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, William Frawley, Hobart Cavanaugh, Horace McMahon, Moroni Olsen full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 86 mins
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