A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
- Lilybell Jones
- (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
- Flower Buyer
- (uncredited)
Theresa Maxwell Conover
- Mrs. Logan
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaRe-titled "It Happened in New Orleans," this film received its earliest documented telecasts in New York City Monday 21 July 1947 on WNBT (Channel 4) and in Washington DC Sunday 25 April 1948 on WNBW (Channel 4. It first aired In Chicago Saturday 18 February 1950 on WNBQ (Channel 5) and in Los Angeles Tuesday 21 February 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5).
- Alternate versionsThe film was reissued in 1946 under the title "It Happened in New Orleans", and credited the following additional people onscreen: Seline ... Lillian Yarbo, Lilybell ... Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (as Stymie Beard), Doctor ... Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (as Edward Anderson).
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See Rainbow on the River and rediscover Bobby Breen
I found this obscure musical from the '30s under the "Louisiana" section in my local East Baton Rouge Parish Library under the title It Happened in New Orleans. What a wonderful discovery of a young juvenile singer named Bobby Breen from a time when most of America was enchanted by Shirley Temple! He plays a New Orleans boy raised by former slave Louise "Imitation of Life" Beavers after his parents died in the Civil War. Besides her, Breen also has Matthew "Stymie" Beard as a friend. Then he finds out about his Yankee relatives and moves to New York. Only the butler can relate to him there. Wonderful songs from the 19th century dominate the film with the then-new title song sung at least three times. Wonderful support from May Robson, Charles Butterworth, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as a superstitious doctor, and the Hall Johnson Choir. Nice humorous touches throughout. Worthy of rediscovery for old-time movie fans.
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- tavm
- Mar 22, 2007
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- It Happened in New Orleans
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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