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1936 film

Banjo on My Knee
Film poster
Directed by	John Cromwell
Written by	Harry Hamilton (novel)
Screenplay by	Nunnally Johnson
Based on	Banjo on My Knee (1936 novel)
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck Nunnally Johnson
Starring	Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Walter Brennan
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Hanson T. Fritch
Music by	Charles Maxwell
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date	December 11, 1936 (1936-12-11)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Banjo on My Knee is a 1936 American musical comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording (Edmund H. Hansen).

Plot

Ernie Holley runs away on his wedding night because he thinks he has killed a wedding guest. His father Newt and his bride Pearl find him in New Orleans and persuade him to come home.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck as Pearl Elliott Holley
Joel McCrea as Ernie Holley
Walter Brennan as Newt Holley
Buddy Ebsen as Buddy
Helen Westley as Grandma
Walter Catlett as Warfield Scott
Tony Martin as Chick Bean (as Anthony Martin)
Katherine DeMille as Leota Long (as Katherine De Mille)
Victor Kilian as Mr. Slade
Minna Gombell as Ruby
Spencer Charters as Judge Tope
Theresa Harris (uncredited) singer on dock

References

Sandra Brennan (2012). "Banjo on My Knee". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
"The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.

External links

Banjo on My Knee at IMDb
Banjo on My Knee at the TCM Movie Database
Banjo on My Knee at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

v t e Films directed by John Cromwell
Close Harmony (1929) The Dance of Life (1929) The Mighty (1929) Street of Chance (1930) The Texan (1930) For the Defense (1930) Tom Sawyer (1930) Scandal Sheet (1931) Unfaithful (1931) The Vice Squad (1931) Rich Man's Folly (1931) The World and the Flesh (1932) Hell's Highway (1932) Sweepings (1933) The Silver Cord (1933) Double Harness (1933) Ann Vickers (1933) Spitfire (1934) This Man Is Mine (1934) Of Human Bondage (1934) The Fountain (1934) Village Tale (1935) Jalna (1935) I Dream Too Much (1935) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) To Mary – with Love (1936) Banjo on My Knee (1936) The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Algiers (1938) Made for Each Other (1939) In Name Only (1939) Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) Victory (1940) So Ends Our Night (1941) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) Since You Went Away (1944) The Enchanted Cottage (1945) Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945) Anna and the King of Siam (1946) Dead Reckoning (1947) Night Song (1948) Caged (1950) The Company She Keeps (1951) The Racket (1951) The Goddess (1958) The Scavengers (1959) A Matter of Morals (1961)

Films directed by John Cromwell

Close Harmony (1929)
The Dance of Life (1929)
The Mighty (1929)
Street of Chance (1930)
The Texan (1930)
For the Defense (1930)
Tom Sawyer (1930)
Scandal Sheet (1931)
Unfaithful (1931)
The Vice Squad (1931)
Rich Man's Folly (1931)
The World and the Flesh (1932)
Hell's Highway (1932)
Sweepings (1933)
The Silver Cord (1933)
Double Harness (1933)
Ann Vickers (1933)
Spitfire (1934)
This Man Is Mine (1934)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
The Fountain (1934)
Village Tale (1935)
Jalna (1935)
I Dream Too Much (1935)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
To Mary – with Love (1936)
Banjo on My Knee (1936)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Algiers (1938)
Made for Each Other (1939)
In Name Only (1939)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Victory (1940)
So Ends Our Night (1941)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Since You Went Away (1944)
The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Dead Reckoning (1947)
Night Song (1948)
Caged (1950)
The Company She Keeps (1951)
The Racket (1951)
The Goddess (1958)
The Scavengers (1959)
A Matter of Morals (1961)

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Old San Francisco (1927)
The First Auto (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Tenderloin (1928)
The Show of Shows (1929)
Three Faces East (1930)
The Doorway to Hell (1931)
Little Caesar (1931)
Illicit (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
The Man Who Played God (1932)
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
Doctor X (1932)
Life Begins (1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Three on a Match (1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Parachute Jumper (1933)
42nd Street (1933)
The Working Man (1933)
Ex-Lady (1933)
The Bowery (1933)
Blood Money (1933)
Moulin Rouge (1934)
Looking for Trouble (1934)
Born to Be Bad (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
Les Misérables (1935)
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Call of the Wild (1935)
Metropolitan (1935)
Thanks a Million (1935)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Professional Soldier (1935)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
It Had to Happen (1936)
A Message to Garcia (1936)
Under Two Flags (1936)
The Road to Glory (1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Slave Ship (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Wake Up and Live (1937)
Thin Ice (1937)
Lancer Spy (1937)
In Old Chicago (1938)
Happy Landing (1938)
International Settlement (1938)
Kentucky Moonshine
Always Goodbye (1938)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
My Lucky Star (1938)
Submarine Patrol (1938)
Jesse James (1939)
Tail Spin (1939)
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Swanee River (1939)
The Little Princess (1939)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Little Old New York (1940)
The Man I Married (1940)
The Return of Frank James (1940)
The Great Profile (1940)
Brigham Young (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Hudson's Bay (1941)
Tobacco Road (1941)
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Blood and Sand (1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Sex Hygiene (Short) (1942)
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
This Above All (1942)
Thunder Birds (1942)
The Purple Heart (1944)
Wilson (1944)
Winged Victory (1944)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Pinky (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
No Way Out (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
People Will Talk (1951)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
The Egyptian (1954)
The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Island in the Sun (1957)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
Crack in the Mirror (1960)
Sanctuary (1961)
The Big Gamble (1961)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Chapman Report (1962)
The Visit (1964)

Writer

as Mark Canfield	The Desired Woman (1927) (story) Maybe It's Love (1930) Baby Face (1933) (story) Crack in the Mirror (1960)
as Melville Crossman	Tenderloin (story) (1928) State Street Sadie (story) (1928) Thanks a Million (story) (1935) A Yank in the R.A.F. (story) (1941) Thunder Birds (original story) (1942) China Girl (story) (1942) The Purple Heart (story) (1944)
as Gregory Rogers	Find Your Man (Rin Tin Tin story) (1924) The Lighthouse by the Sea (Rin Tin Tin story) (1924) Three Weeks in Paris (story, screenplay as Darryl Zanuck) (1925) The Midnight Taxi (story) (1928)
as self	A Broadway Butterfly (1925) Red Hot Tires (1925) Hogan's Alley (1925) The Caveman (scenario) (1926) The Little Irish Girl (adaptation) (1926) The Social Highwayman (1926) Footloose Widows (1926) Across the Pacific (adaptation) (1926) The Better 'Ole (screenplay) (1926) Tracked by the Police (Rin Tin Tin story) (1927) Old San Francisco (1927) The First Auto (story) (1927) Good Time Charley (story) (1927) Noah's Ark (story) (1928) My Man (story) (1928) Hardboiled Rose (story) (1929) Madonna of Avenue A (story) (1929) Say It with Songs (story) (1929) The Life of the Party (1930) Little Caesar (story – uncredited) (1931) The Dark Horse (story) (1932) Lady Killer (story – uncredited) (1933) Folies Bergère de Paris (contributing writer – uncredited) (1935) G Men (story) (1935) This Is My Affair (story – uncredited) (1937) Alexander's Ragtime Band (contributing writer – uncredited) (1938) The Great Profile (story – uncredited) (1940) Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

People

Virginia Fox (wife)
Richard D. Zanuck (son)
Dean Zanuck (grandson)

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