Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
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| Yes Sir, Mr Bones | |
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| Directed by | Ron Ormond |
| Written by | Ron Ormond |
| Produced by | Ron Ormond |
| Starring | Billy Green Gary Jackson |
| Music by | Walter Greene |
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| Distributed by | Lippert Pictures |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Yes Sir, Mr Bones is a 1951 American film written, produced, and directed by Ron Ormond and starring veteran minstrel Billy Green and youngster Gary Jackson.[1][2] The movie follows the format of the minstrel show form of American theater, with African American show business veterans like Jester Hairston, as well as white actors wearing blackface makeup.
A young boy finds himself in a home for retired minstrel show acts. He is anxious to find out as much as he can about them and the minstrel shows of the past, and flashbacks show what it was like back in the days of the minstrel shows.
Production
Writer-producer-director Ron Ormond had been making hourlong "vaudeville show" features like Varieties on Parade and Hollywood Varieties for Lippert Pictures. These unpretentious, low-budget pictures were aimed directly at small-town theaters and rural audiences, where they were well received. Ormond attempted to vary the format slightly by using bygone minstrel-show acts instead of vaudeville acts, and Yes Sir, Mr. Bones resulted. Received as a novelty feature in its day, its appeal was more specialized than the vaudeville revues and did not result in any further minstrel-show films. It was released to television in the 1950s, and in later years was broadcast relatively infrequently, owing to the possibly controversial blackface entertainment.