Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

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Bumper (Al Jolson) is a vagabond leader of a strange group of tatterdemalions and eccentrics who hang around New York's Central Park. Among his followers are Egghead (Harry Langdon), Sunday (Chester Conklin), Acorn (Edgar Conner) , The General (Victor Potel), Orlando (Tammany Young) and Apple Mary (Louise Carver). Bumper's idol is Mayor Hastings (Frank Morgan), whose life he once saved and frequently has lunch at the Park Casino. Bumper is always on hand to open the door of t... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Hallelujah, I'm a Bum:

Al Jolson
Madge Evans
Frank Morgan
Harry Langdon
Chester Conklin
Tyler Brooke

Full Plot Details

Bumper (Al Jolson) is a vagabond leader of a strange group of tatterdemalions and eccentrics who hang around New York's Central Park. Among his followers are Egghead (Harry Langdon), Sunday (Chester Conklin), Acorn (Edgar Conner) , The General (Victor Potel), Orlando (Tammany Young) and Apple Mary (Louise Carver). Bumper's idol is Mayor Hastings (Frank Morgan), whose life he once saved and frequently has lunch at the Park Casino. Bumper is always on hand to open the door of the Mayor's Rolls Royce, and the Mayor makes it a point to linger a moment at the entrance and listen to the whimsical Bumper's philosophy and ideas abut life. Through his contact with the Mayor, Bumper is able to "fix" things when the other vagabonds get in trouble. The Mayor cannot fathom why Bumper, an unusually bright fellow, is content to spend his life in the park, doing nothing. The Mayor, for all his power and popularity, is unhappy. He's in love ----and madly jealous. He believes his sweetheart June Marcher (Madge Bellamy) is "two-timing" him. At lunch he slips a $1,000 in her purse. She loses it and the Mayor accuses her of giving it to another man. Bumper find the purse and takes it to the address in the purse and is met there by the exiting Mayor. He does not see nor know June. Later,The grief-stricken June attempts suicide by jumping from a bridge and is rescued by Bumper, but has lost her memory. He takes her to the tenement home of the Sundays, and asks the Mayor to get him a job, as he has a new interest, known to him as Angel, in his life. He spends his money making Angel happy and she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, the Mayor, despondent over not being able to locate the missing June, goes on a drinking binge and is found asleep in the park by Bumper's friends, who take him hoe and notify Bumper. While Bumper is trying to sober him up, Hastings begins talking to a photograph. Bumper discovers the woman in the photograph is that of Angel, and that the girl of his dreams is the Mayor's sweetheart. Bumper takes his friend to the Sunday family tenement and the sight of the Mayor and his voice as he clasps her in his arms restores June's memory. She pleads to be taken away from "this awful place". All she remembers is walking in the park at night. Bumper is a stranger to her. The Mayor takes her away, out of Bumper's life. Bumper returns to the park and his former life.

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Kansas City Kansan - 9/10 by Steve CrumJolson's best acting; great Rodgers & Hart score; quirky rhymed dialogue
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzA whimsical, offbeat and somewhat original Depression-era musical comedy.
User Review - 8/10 by bernard aLOOK AT THE BIRDS, HEAR HOW THEY SING, THEY HAVE NO RENT TO PAY IN THE SPRING, YOU OWN THE WORLD WHEN YOU DON'T OWN A THING - WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH MONEY? WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH DOUGH? HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM! is a most unconventional flick, to say the least. Released during the worst years of The Great Depression, director Lewis Milestone (ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT) offered up a musical/comedy/drama which romanticizes the era like no other classic film I've seen. Sure, it was meant to be seen as escapist entertainment - but audiences of the time didn't buy it (I've read that this flopped at the box office)... but maybe audiences at the time weren't ready to hear dialogue that is mostly sung in a film. If you have seen THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) - with it's dialogue ALL sung - it can take some getting used to. It's possible the same can be said of HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM! ...that or posssssibly that audiences just didn't want to hear how great it is to be poor! This film showcases the talents of Al Jolson - one of the more popular stars of the era. Here Jolson plays a bum named Bumper...and he's very content to be one too. He travels around with a sidekick bum named Acorn (Edgar Connor) - who is actually black. The very close friendship of the two is one of the more appealing aspects of the film. Bumper has the title of "Mayor of Central Park" as he is the leader of the community of homeless folks who have made New York's Central Park their home. Bumper is also very close friends with the actual Mayor of the city - John Hastings (Frank Morgan - THE WIZARD OF OZ). Morgan looks very debonaire in this. Mayor Hastings is also having a very shaky relationship with his pretty girlfriend, June Marcher (Madge Evans). She apparently is involved with another man - leading to a twist in the story. Some famous names behind the scenes here too: The story is written by Ben Hecht, one of Hollywood's most prolific screenwriters. Songs and musical dialogue by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart. Political and sociological observations are sprinkled among the songs throughout the film. This being a precode film - you can look for some sexual innuendo in some of the lyrics. I really haven't seen too many Madge Evans films yet - but I think I will make it a point to do so. She was one beautiful lady. There is a shot of her removing her hosiery at one point and she reveals some very shapely legs. Hubba hubba. There is also a scene with Frank Morgan as a drunken Mayor Hastings and he recites a line that will become very iconic in another film of his...oh, come six years later. You will probably do a double take during that scene just like I did. I very much liked Al Jolson in this. He really is not what you would call an "ideal" looking leading man but it may be just that quality that makes his relationship with the girl here touching and bittersweet. 8.5
User Review - 8/10 by darryl cal jolson disowned his work in this film and, as a result, a lot of people like to say it's a bomb. it isn't. it's a risk taking film musical that needed a lighter touch than lewis milestone's. and, this may be the dancer in me, but it needed a dance number or two. it's got a great cast supporting jolson and a fun theme song. plus richard rodgers makes a cameo appearance.
User Review - 8/10 by Mike MNow here is a genuine singularity, an openly pro-socialist musical with many songs sung in rhymed couplet. It's not great but its oddness and political sympathies make it worth seeing.
User Review - 8/10 by Justin MCentral Park hobo cares for New York socialite who has lost her memory. Al Jolson vehicle which could prejudice some people before they even see the movie even though this movie is a mostly good breezy example of early 30's entertainment.
User Review - 6/10 by Roberto UThe story was fine. The songs were "interesting".
User Review - 6/10 by Joel AA whimsical, offbeat and somewhat original Depression-era musical comedy
User Review - 4/10 by Jason RThis rating feels a bit disingenuous because I could barely stay awake through the screening, but at least some of that is the film's fault. Suffice it to say that this film is not as good as Rosenbaum thinks it is, but then again, he's a softy for Hollywood flops in need of re-visiting.

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