Wonder Bar

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Wonder Bar is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film adaptation of a Broadway show, known for its blend of comedy, music, and controversial themes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wonder Bar canonical 2
Wonder Bar (stage musical) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
adaptationType stage-to-film adaptation ⓘ
basedOn Wonder Bar (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: Wonder Bar
characterPortrayedBy Al Jolson ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sidney Hickox ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Lloyd Bacon ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
editedBy George Amy ⓘ
featuresCharacter Al Wonder ⓘ
filmColorType black-and-white ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ
hasBroadwaySource Wonder Bar (Broadway musical) ⓘ
hasControversialElement racially insensitive musical number ⓘ
hasSetting Paris nightclub ⓘ
isAdaptationOf Broadway show Wonder Bar ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainSubject nightclub life ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Leo F. Forbstein ⓘ
notableFor blend of comedy and music ⓘ
controversial themes ⓘ
pre-Code content ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf pre-Code Hollywood era ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
producer Robert Lord ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. ⓘ
releaseDate 1934-03-?? ⓘ
releaseYear 1934 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 84 ⓘ
screenwriter Jerry Wald ⓘ
Jules Furthman ⓘ
Robert Lord ⓘ
linked to: Robert H. Lord
setInPeriod contemporary to 1930s ⓘ
soundFilm true ⓘ
starring Al Jolson ⓘ
Dolores del Río ⓘ
Guy Kibbee ⓘ
Henry O'Neill ⓘ
Hugh Herbert ⓘ
Kay Francis ⓘ
Ricardo Cortez ⓘ
titleOrigin name of nightclub in the story ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lloyd Bacon → notableWork → Wonder Bar ⓘ
Wonder Bar → basedOn → Wonder Bar (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: Wonder Bar
Asa Yoelson → notableWork → Wonder Bar ⓘ