Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 35m

Banjo on My Knee

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Director
John Cromwell
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
Crew
Ernest Palmer — Director of Photography Hanson T. Fritch — Editor Nunnally Johnson — Screenplay Harry Hamilton — Novel Gwen Wakeling — Costume Design
Tagline

Laughing, Fighting, Singing...and Loving!

Synopsis

A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.

Mood & Themes
wedding nightbased on song, poem or rhyme
Key Collaborators
John Cromwell Director Ernest Palmer Director of Photography Hanson T. Fritch Editor Nunnally Johnson Screenplay Harry Hamilton Novel Gwen Wakeling Costume Design
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