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![[IMAGE]](prodig_1.jpg)
CREDITS
1931, 76 minutes, B&W.
Director, Harry Pollard; Screenplay, Bess Meredyth and Wells Root; Cinematography, Harold Rosson.
CAST
Jeffry, Lawrence Tibbett; Antonia, Esther Ralston; Doc, Roland Young; Snipe, Cliff Edwards; Rodman, Purnell Pratt; Christine, Hedda Hopper; Hokey, Stepin Fetchit; Mrs. Farraday, Emma Dunn; George, Louis John Bartels.
SONGS
Without a Song by Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose; Life Is a Dream by Arthur Freed and Oscar Strauss; Home Sweet Home by John Howard Payne and Sir Henry Bishop.
PLOT SYNOPSIS
". . .the booming baritone [Tibbett] played a self-imposed hobo who, after traversing the highways and byways of life for five years in the company of two other self-made tramps, returns to the bosom of his genteel Southern family and falls in love with his brother's wife. . ."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
NOTES
"Though the critics were respectful about MGM's The Prodigal (originally called The Southerner), this Lawrence Tibbett vehicle. . .was not a success."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"Between average and good. . .should top the normal grosses."
- Variety
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