Wonder Bar
1934 film by Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Atlantic City, New Jersey nightclub, see Wonder Gardens.
Wonder Bar is a 1934 American pre-Code film adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley.[2]
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Directed by | Lloyd Bacon Busby Berkeley |
Written by | Play: Geza Herczeg Karl Farkas Robert Katscher [de] Screenplay: Earl Baldwin |
Starring | Al Jolson Kay Francis Dolores del Río Ricardo Cortez Dick Powell Guy Kibbee |
Cinematography | Sol Polito |
Edited by | George Amy |
Music by | Harry Warren (music) Al Dubin (lyrics) |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $675,000 (est.)[1] |
Box office | $2,035,000[1] |
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It stars Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dolores del Río, Ricardo Cortez, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda, Fifi D'Orsay, Merna Kennedy, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Henry Kolker, and Spencer Charters in the main roles. For its time, Wonder Bar was considered risqué, barely passing the censors at the Hays Office.[3] The title is a pun on "wunderbar", which is German for "wonderful".