Big Fella is set on the docks and streets of Marseilles. Paul Robeson stars as a street-wise but honest dockworker who struggles with deep issues of integrity and human values. Elisabeth Welch plays opposite him as a café singer in love with him. Robeson's wife, Eslanda Robeson, appears as the café owner.[1]
Receptionedit
The movie received praise, particularly for the music, featuring Robeson and Welch, and for Robeson's performance.
fella, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2018, learn. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Big Fella news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Big Fella is a 1937 British musical drama film directed by J Elder Wills and starring Paul Robeson Elisabeth Welch and Roy Emerton It is loosely based on the novel Banjo by Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay Big FellaDirected byJ Elder WillsWritten byIngram D AbbesFenn SherieBased onBanjoby Claude McKayProduced byHenry PassmoreJ Elder WillsStarringPaul RobesonElisabeth WelchRoy EmertonJames HayterCinematographyCyril BristowGeorge StrettonH A R ThomsonEdited byBrereton PorterDouglas RobertsonMusic byG H ClutsamWilhelm GroszEric AnsellJack BeaverRelease date8 April 1937 1937 04 08 Running time85 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 Cast 4 References 5 External linksPlot editBig Fella is set on the docks and streets of Marseilles Paul Robeson stars as a street wise but honest dockworker who struggles with deep issues of integrity and human values Elisabeth Welch plays opposite him as a cafe singer in love with him Robeson s wife Eslanda Robeson appears as the cafe owner 1 Reception editThe movie received praise particularly for the music featuring Robeson and Welch and for Robeson s performance Cast editPaul Robeson as Banjo Elisabeth Welch as Amanda Manda Roy Emerton as Spike James Hayter as Chuck Lawrence Brown as Corney Eldon Gorst as Gerald Oliphant Marcelle Rogez as Marietta Eric Cowley as Ferdy Oliphant Joyce Kennedy as Mrs Oliphant Dino Galvani as Gendarme Anthony Holles as Gendarme Margaret Rutherford as NannyReferences edit MRS ROBESON DOES EXIST The Queenslander 12 January 1938 p 10 Retrieved 5 August 2012 via National Library of Australia External links editBig Fella at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about a musical drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Big Fella amp oldid 1151606036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
