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King for a Day

  • 1934
  • TV-G
  • 21min
NOTE IMDb
6,8/10
239
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Alice Barker in King for a Day (1934)
ComédieComédie musicaleCourt-métrage

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.

  • Réalisation
    • Roy Mack
  • Scénario
    • A. Dorian Otvos
    • Eddie Moran
  • Casting principal
    • Bill Robinson
    • Ernest Whitman
    • Dusty Fletcher
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,8/10
    239
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Roy Mack
    • Scénario
      • A. Dorian Otvos
      • Eddie Moran
    • Casting principal
      • Bill Robinson
      • Ernest Whitman
      • Dusty Fletcher
    • 11avis d'utilisateurs
    • 1avis de critique
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux10

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    Bill Robinson
    Bill Robinson
    • Bill Green
    Ernest Whitman
    Ernest Whitman
    • Mr. Brownie Brown
    Dusty Fletcher
    • Dusty Fletcher
    Babe Matthews
    • Babe Matthews
    Muriel Rahn
    • Muriel Rahn
    Hattie Noel
    Hattie Noel
    • The Bride - Harlem Honeymoon
    Alice Barker
    • Dancer
    • (non crédité)
    Limehouse Brown
    • Limehouse Brown
    • (non crédité)
    Eddie Matthews
    • Eddie Matthews
    • (non crédité)
    Lionel Monagas
    • Interlocutor
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Roy Mack
    • Scénario
      • A. Dorian Otvos
      • Eddie Moran
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    8SnoopyStyle

    black talkie

    Bill Green (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson) is desperate to audition for "Brown's Black Orchids" but Mr. Brown refuses to even listen to the amateur. Mr. Brown has a weakness for dice and Bill wins against him in craps.

    It's a fascinating early talkie short with an all-black cast. The story is rather simple. It's not anything to write home about but it is great to see all-black performances. Honestly, most old musicals are hard to sit through with the old music but this is very watchable. Other than one song, the music generally has a good beat and a bit of sass. The tap dancing is fun and Robinson has good charisma. There is general good performing in this short. Although, one must accept that blackface is a vaudevillian hold-over. The jokes are pretty cheesy but at least, it has an edge. It's a small window into black cinema of that era.
    5bkoganbing

    Fade that

    One of the stereotypes back in the day was that black men just loved to shoot dice. Not sure if that was the case but when I watch scenes like that in old films I think to myself this is better than scenes with whites where they were supposed to be menial. Gamblers they be, but they show their real selves in these scenes.

    A crap game is what this musical short with Bill Robinson aka Bojangles is what frames it. Robinson's skill and luck with the painted sugar cubes gets him Ernest Whitman's show and then we see the show.

    Which brings up something else, this looks very much like a Cotton Club Show minstrel show format and all. A lot of talent, but black people couldn't see it in their own neighborhood. What is worse than that?

    Still enjoy Robinson's singing and dancing and all that goes with it.
    8TheLittleSongbird

    See it for Robinson and the tap dancing

    Admittedly to me the story was somewhat disposable and took too long to get going and the Minstrel Man song and routine are a little uninspired and one of the least memorable parts of King for a Day. King for a Day is shot in beautiful black and white however, the music puts you in a good mood due to its infectiousness- particularly Smiles and Old Folks at Home-, and the choreography is witty and elegant. Some of the rehearsal stuff is amusing and the performances are solid enough, but Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and his tap dancing are what make King for a Day. Robinson has a really charming presence which makes him a likable performer and his character easy to root for, even better than when he was partnered with Shirley Temple. And his tap dancing is incredible, always precise yet with a simple elegance and with not a flat or heavy foot move. It's not "athletic" as such nor did it really need to be. Overall, a very nice short film that is worth seeing primarily for Robinson and the tap dancing because while not everything is entirely smooth sailing they work tremendously. 8/10 Bethany Cox
    5Doylenf

    Bill Robinson becomes owner of a nightclub...

    At a time when his presence in A-films was not quite established, BILL ROBINSON appeared in this short subject which I found moderately interesting. I was waiting for his tap dancing sequence and it was a good one, but the story is a trifle about him gambling the owner in a crap game and getting the chance to strut his stuff. It took too much time to get to his dancing.

    Unfortunately, it's all very dated, especially when it gets to the actual vaudeville routines depicted in the show. The singing style is strictly from the '30s, the lead singer does a song called "Love Lost Out" sounding very tinny in her high soprano register, and the dancers look as though they're badly in need of a good choreographer. Where is Busby Berkeley when you need him?

    Robinson, however, does his own thing with his usual skill--but is stuck in a short subject that cries for more originality in the script department. His tapping to "Swanee River" is a delight but after that the routine goes into less successful moments and ends with a wedding bells song that closes the short with a thud.

    I can't recommend this with much enthusiasm.
    9lakebotany-32808

    Fantastic Tap Dancing Short

    So glad this tap dance is preserved for all to see. Excellent!

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      The street signs behind the opening credits - W. 142nd St. and Lenox Ave. - are at an intersection in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Lenox Avenue is a continuation of Sixth Avenue north of Central Park, renamed for philanthropist James Lenox (1800-1880) in 1887. It was co-named Malcolm X Boulevard in 1987 for the civil rights leader.
    • Citations

      Bill Green: [singing] Girls, I sat up last night - right on side the bed / Why, I wrote a song that's just too bad, children it'll knock you dead. / I know you've all danced the Charleston, the Black Bottom away. / Now, just stand at attention, prance awhile, do just as I say. / Get up hot, don't you stop. Woo-doodle-ee-do!

      Black Orchids: What's that?

      Bill Green: Bill Robinson's Stomp.

    • Connexions
      Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: The Fabulous Musicals (1963)
    • Bandes originales
      Old Folks at Home
      (uncredited)

      aka "Swanee River"

      Written by Stephen Foster

      Played briefly during the opening credits

      Also performed by Bill Robinson (tap dance)

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    • Date de sortie
      • 30 juin 1934 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Broadway Brevities (1933-1934 season) #28: King for a Day
    • Société de production
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Durée
      • 21min
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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