Wonder Bar

1934

1h 24m

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6.2/10

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Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.

Directors

Lloyd Bacon

Writers

Karl Farkas(theatre play by)

Geza Herczeg(theatre play by)

Earl Baldwin(screenplay by)

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Al Jolson

Kay Francis

Dolores del Río

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Al Wonder

Liane Renaud

Inez

Harry

Tommy

Henry Simpson

Emma Simpson

Corey Pratt

Pansy Pratt

Himself

Mitzi

Claire

Richard

Hugo Von Ferring

R. H. Renaud

Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Jane Darwell

Baroness (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Norman (uncredited)

Directors

Lloyd Bacon

Writers

Karl Farkas(theatre play by)

Geza Herczeg(theatre play by)

Earl Baldwin(screenplay by)

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5/10

I found this movie to be a bid off-putting. The plot line of the woman crazed with love for her gigolo boyfriend while two potential paramours waited in the wings was fairly standard. However, Jolson's portrayal of Al Wonder, nightclub owner who not only covers up the murder of Inez's partner but seems impervious to the news that his driver has also been killed in an auto accident, makes his character appear psychopathic instead of compassionate. Many of today's viewers will be upset with the grand finale, which has Jolson and backup singers and dancers in blackface. This is obviously a scene that is meant to showcase Al Jolson. The number actually seems contrived and out of place in the movie, and is a bit of a distraction from the story line. In the end, Dick Powell's character wins Inez's heart, leaving Wonder to live with the knowledge that he helped a murderess get away and got nothing for his efforts. But his last line, "There's nothing more for me to do but go home" reinforces the idea that empathy or a conscience are lacking.

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