St. Louis Blues (1939)
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Synopsis of St. Louis Blues
Dorothy Lamour had been playing "sarong girls" long enough to parody her screen character in 1939's Best of the Blues. Tired of portraying jungle princesses, a temperamental Broadway star (Lamour) runs out on her manager (Jerome Cowan) and joins a Mississippi showboat under a phony name. Incredibly, none of the showboat audiences recognize this supposedly world-famous star, and she becomes the toast of the South--as well as the object of boat owner Lloyd Nolan's affections. When the truth comes out, Nolan spurns Lamour, but they're back together for the musical finale. Best of the Blues is the television title for St. Louis Blues; the change was made to avoid confusion with the 1958 biopic of W.C. Handy, also titled St. Louis Blues. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of St. Louis Blues
- Dorothy Lamour - Norma Malone
- Tito Guizar - Rafael San Ramos
- Jessie Ralph - Aunt Tibbie
- Maxine Sullivan - Ida
- Victor Kilian - Sheriff Burdick
- Virginia Howell - Mrs. Hovey
- Billy Arnold - Hotel Clerk
- Wade Boteler - Police Lieutenant
- The King's Men - Deck Hand Quartette
- Florence Dudley - Secretary
- George Guhl - Turnkey
- Archie Twitchell - Cameraman
- Mary Parker - Punkin
- Edward Hearn - Actor
- Carl Harbaugh - Actor
- Lane Chandler - Man in audience
- Joseph Crehan - Simpson
- Lloyd Nolan - Dave Guerney
- Jerome Cowan - Ivan DeBrett
- William Frawley - Maj. Martingale
- Cliff Nazarro - Shorty
- Walter Soderling - Mr. Hovey
- Ernie S. Adams - Actor
- Eddie Borden - Actor
- James P. Burtis - Sailor in boiler room
- Clarence Harvey - Old Man
- Matty Malneck - Himself
- Emmett Vogan - Judge
- Emory Parnell - Police Officer White
- Gene Morgan - Publicity man
- Sterling Holloway - Boatman
- Nora Cecil - Storekeeper
- Spencer Charters - Judge
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
- Writer(s):
- Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Jack Moffitt, Virginia van Upp
- Producer(s):
- Jeff Lazarus
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