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St. Louis Blues

1939·US
Director: Raoul Walsh
ComedyMusic

A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they make plans to put together a musical revue. But a competing carnival owner hatches a scheme to put an end to the show before it begins.

A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they make plans to put together a musical revue. But a competing carnival owner hatches a scheme to put an end to the show before it begins.

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Cast

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour

Norma Malone

Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

Dave Geurney

Tito Guízar

Tito Guízar

Rafael San Ramos

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Ivan DeBrett

Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph

Aunt Tibbie

William Frawley

William Frawley

Major Martingale

Maxine Sullivan

Maxine Sullivan

Ida

Mary Parker

Mary Parker

Punkins

Crew

Charles Bradshaw

composer

William Rankin

writer

Theodor Sparkuhl

cinematographer

Eleanore Griffin

writer

Virginia Van Upp

writer

Malcolm Stuart Boylan

writer

Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

writer

Jack Moffitt

writer

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