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| Wonder Bar | |
|---|---|
 Al Jolson | |
| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon Busby Berkeley |
| Written by | Play: Geza Herczeg Karl Farkas Robert Katscher Screenplay: Earl Baldwin |
| Starring | Al Jolson Kay Francis Dolores del Río Ricardo Cortez Dick Powell Guy Kibbee |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Music by | Harry Warren (music) Al Dubin (lyrics) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $675,000 (est.)[1] |
| Box office | $2,035,000[1] |
Wonder Bar is a 1934 American pre-Code film adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley.[2]
It stars Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dolores del Río, Ricardo Cortez, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda, Fifi D'Orsay, Merna Kennedy, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Henry Kolker, and Spencer Charters in the main roles. For its time, Wonder Bar was considered risqué, barely passing the censors at the Hays Office.[3] The title is a pun on wunderbar, which is German for "wonderful".
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p. 15 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Mordaunt Hall (1 March 1934). "Al Jolson, Kay Francis and Dolores del Río in a Pictorial Version of the Play, "Wonder Bar."". The New York Times.
- ^ "Movies - Movie Times - Movie Tickets - Movie Theaters - Moviefone". Moviefone. Retrieved 22 September 2017.