Incendiary Blonde (1945)
- Starring:
- Betty Hutton, Arturo de Cordova, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
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Incendiary Blonde is a highly entertaining if historically suspect biopic of "Queen of the Nightclubs" Texas Guinan. As played (or overplayed) by Betty Hutton, Guinan is a hoydenish Texas gal whose showbiz career gets under way when she joins a Wild West show in 1909. A favorite with male patrons because of her salty vocabulary and what-the-hell attitude, Guinan rises to fame as a Broadway musical-comedy star and movie actress, only to crash-land after an unhappy marriage to her manager Tim Callahan (Bill Goodwin). Taking advantage of Prohibition, Guinan opens the first of several nightclubs, fending off the Feds while welcome her customers with an insouciant "Hello, sucker!" Naturally, Betty Hutton is given several opportunities to sing and dance, which she does with her usual unbridled enthusiasm. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Betty Hutton - Texas Guinan
- Albert Dekker - Cadden
- Barry Fitzgerald - Mike Guinan
- Ann Carter - Pearl Guinan, Age 7
- Carlotta Jelm - Pearl Guinan, Age 17
- Ray Walker - Gus, Stage Manager
- Billy Lechner - Tommy, Age 19
- Mary Philips - Bessie Guinan
- Ted Mapes - Waco Smith
- James Millican - Hector
- Pierre Watkin - Otto Hammel
- Fred Kelsey - Ranch owner
- Ruth Roman - Bit Part
- Eduardo Ciannelli - Nick, the Greek
- Edmund MacDonald - Charley Rinaldo
- Pat Prest - Texas Guinan, Age 9
- Billy Curtis - Baby Joe
- Andrew Tombes - Hadley
- The Maxellos - Themselves
- Arthur Loft - McKee
- Charles Wilson - Mr. Ballinger
- Arturo de Cordova - Bill Kilgannon
- Charlie Ruggles - Cherokee Jim
- Bill Goodwin - Tim Callahan
- Maxine Fife - Pearl Guinan, Age 21
- Matt McHugh - O'Keefe
- Dewey Robinson - Proprietor of Speakeasy
- Maurice Rocco - Himself
- Etta McDaniel - Maid
- Russell Simpson - Jenkins
- George Nokes - Tommy Guinan, Age 5
- Edwin Stanley - Mr. Zweigler
- Frank Faylen - Hotel clerk
- Harry Hayden - Horace Biggs
- Pat West - Bartender
- Emmett Vogan - Doctor
- Jack Luden - Man
- Jimmie Dundee - Cadden's bodyguard
- Francis Ford - Ranch owner
- Erville Alderson - Ranch owner
- Robert Winkler - Billie Guinan
- Don Costello - Gus Rinaldo
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
- Writer(s):
- Claude Binyon, Frank R. Butler
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Sistrom
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