St. Louis Blues (1939)

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... See full summary »

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan,

Stars:

Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar

Cast

Cast overview:
Dorothy Lamour	...	Norma Malone
Lloyd Nolan	...	Dave Geurney
Tito Guízar	...	Rafael San Ramos
Jerome Cowan	...	Ivan DeBrett
Jessie Ralph	...	Aunt Tibbie
William Frawley	...	Maj. Martingale
Mary Parker	...	Punkins
Maxine Sullivan	...	Ida
Cliff Nazarro	...	Shorty
Victor Kilian	...	Sheriff Burdick
Walter Soderling	...	Mr. Hovey
The King's Men	...	THe King's Men
Virginia Howell	...	Mrs. Hovey
Matty Malneck	...	Matty Malneck
Hall Johnson Choir	...	Hall Johnson Choir

Storyline

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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Taglines:

It's swingtime on the levee!

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Genres:

Musical | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 1939 (USA)

Also Known As:

Joen kuningatar

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

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Connections

Referenced in My Three Sons: St. Louis Blues (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Kind'a Lonesome"
Lyrics by Sam Coslow and Leo Robin
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
Copyright 1938 by Famous Music Corporation

User Reviews

Dorothy Lamour as the Runaway Heroine

This is an amusing but lightweight comedy/musical vehicle for Dorothy Lamour in the early years of her stardom. Dottie plays a Broadway star who is forever cast in South Seas melodramas (hmmm) who decides to run away and live in seclusion in a small river town. Familiar plot of course but the movie has a major director, Raoul Walsh, a lovely star and a good supporting cast although noted character actor Lloyd Nolan is not charismatic enough to be Lamour's leading man. The movie includes several good songs including "I Go For That", one of Lamour's biggest hits. The legendary title song (a turn of the century hit) is regrettably on used as background music. This movie was retitled "Best of the Blues" for television to avoid confusion with the 1958 movie "St. Louis Blues".