Big Boy (musical)
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Big Boy was a 1926 musical featuring Al Jolson as Gus, a downtrodden African-American stable boy who ends up as a jockey winning the Kentucky Derby.[1] The all but one-man show was turned into Big Boy (film) in 1930.
References
- ↑ Thomas S. Hischak What Happened to the Broadway Musical When It Went to Hollywood. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004 0810850184 p.57 "Big Boy (1925) was a loosely structured stage vehicle in which Jolson's Gus was a put-upon Negro stable boy who ends up as a jockey winning the Kentucky Derby. Singing songs such as "Keep Smiling at Trouble" and "It All Depends on You .."
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