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Riding High (1943 film)

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Riding High
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Marshall
Written byArt Arthur
Walter DeLeon
James Montgomery
Ready Money
Arthur Phillips
Produced byFred Kohlmar
StarringDorothy Lamour
Dick Powell
CinematographyHarry Hallenberger
Karl Struss
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Riding High (also known as Melody Inn) is a 1943 American film starring Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell, made in Technicolor, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound Recording (Loren L. Ryder).[1]

Plot

A city girl (Lamour) goes out West to star in a nightclub act and meets a gold prospector (Powell).

Cast

  • Dorothy Lamour as Ann Castle
  • Dick Powell as Steve Baird
  • Victor Moore as Mortimer J. Slocum
  • Gil Lamb as Bob 'Foggy' Day
  • Cass Daley as Tess Connors
  • Bill Goodwin as Chuck Stewart
  • Rod Cameron as Sam Welch
  • Glenn Langan as Jack Holbrook
  • Milt Britton as Himself (leader, Milt Britton's Band)
  • Milt Britton's Band as Themselves
  • The Cameron Troupe as Themselves

References

  1. ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-14.