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Pat Padgett
- Molasses
- (as Molasses and January)
Pick Malone
- January
- (as Molasses and January)
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Did you know
- TriviaNoteworthy for having the only known on-screen performance by Annette Hanshaw.
- SoundtracksHere Comes the Show Boat
(uncredited)
Music by Maceo Pinkard
Lyrics by Billy Rose
Performed at the beginning and end by The Show Boat Four with Don Voorhees and orchestra
Featured review
Showboating to the Last Drop
I watched this short because I am a fan of singer Annette Hanshaw, a bluesy singer of the period. However, this recreation of the popular radio show "The Maxwell House Show Boat" offers us a variety show of singers, including a syrupy duet version of "Please" and two white actors in blackface. They are billed as "Molasses and January", and do a routine about a horse race. It won't play well to a modern audience, alas.
It does please me, mostly because it gives me a chance to see Miss Hanshaw sing "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye." The rest of it is largely a standard offering of current musical styles that were done better elsewhere.
It does please me, mostly because it gives me a chance to see Miss Hanshaw sing "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye." The rest of it is largely a standard offering of current musical styles that were done better elsewhere.
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