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Title: The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Claire Ledeux | |
| Bruce Cabot | ... | Robert LaTour | |
| Roland Young | ... | Charles Giraud | |
| Mischa Auer | ... | Zolotov | |
| Andy Devine | ... | 1st Sailor | |
| Frank Jenks | ... | 2nd Sailor | |
| Eddie Quillan | ... | 3rd Sailor | |
| Laura Hope Crews | ... | Auntie | |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Bellows | |
| Theresa Harris | ... | Clementine | |
| Clarence Muse | ... | Samuel | |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Brother-in-Law | |
| Anne Revere | ... | Sister | |
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Bob Evans | ... | William |
| Emily Fitzroy | ... | Cousin | |
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French farce comes to the New World in 1840 as Claire Ledoux convinces the middle-aged banker who is her fiance that she is two different women -- a deception made necessary by the arrival of a man acquainted with the swath she cut across Europe. Giraud has been about to foreclose on a $150 loan made to a sea captain who needed the funds to court Claire. Get Claire's "cousin" out of New Orleans before the wedding, Giraud tells the sea captain and the debt will be paid. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
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Music by Charles Previn
Lyrics by Samuel Lerner (as Sam Lerner)
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La belle ensorceleuse See more »Filming Locations:
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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