San Antonio Rose (film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Charles Lamont |
Written by | Jack Lait Jr. (story) Paul Gerard Smith Howard Snyder Hugh Wedlock Jr. |
Produced by | Ken Goldsmith |
Starring | Jane Frazee Robert Paige Eve Arden Lon Chaney Jr. |
Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Music by | Charles Previn |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 20 June 1941 |
Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
San Antonio Rose is a 1941 American black-and-white musical film starring Jane Frazee and featuring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Shemp Howard as a faux Abbott and Costello; it was also designed as a showcase for the then-popular vocal group The Merry Macs. The plot involves two rival groups of entertainers converging on an abandoned roadhouse with the intent to reopen it, unaware that a gangster is eyeing the property for his own scheme.
Cast
- Jane Frazee - Hope Holloway
- Robert Paige - Con Conway
- Eve Arden - Gabby Trent
- Lon Chaney Jr. - Jigsaw Kennedy
- Shemp Howard - Benny the Bounce
- The Merry Macs - Themselves, The Merry Macs
- Mary Lou Cook - Mona Mitchell (as Mary Lou Cook - The Merry Macs)
- Joe McMichael - Harry (as Joe McMichael - The Merry Macs)
- Ted McMichael - Ted (as Ted McMichael - The Merry Macs)
- Judd McMichael - Phil (as Judd McMichael - The Merry Macs)
- Richard Lane - Charles J. Willoughby
- Elaine Condos - Elaine (Dancer)
- Louis Da Pron - Alex (Dancer)
- Charles Lang - Ralph
- Riley Hill - Jimmy (as Roy Harris)
- Peter Sullivan - Don
- Richard Davies - Eddie
- Luis Alberni - Nick Ferris
Soundtrack
- "Mexican Jumping Bean"
- Music by Gene de Paul
- Lyrics by Don Raye
- Sung by The Merry Macs
- "You're Everything Wonderful"
- Written by Henry Russell
- Sung by Jane Frazee and Eve Arden
- "Gee But It's Tough to Be a Glamour Girl"
- Written by Henry Russell
- Sung by Jane Frazee and Eve Arden
- "The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Rhapsody)"
- (uncredited)
- Written by Ted McMichael, Jack Owens and Leo Killion
- Sung by The Merry Macs
- "You've Got What It Takes"
- Music by Gene de Paul
- Lyrics by Don Raye
- "Bugle Woogie Boy"
- Written by Henry Russell
- "San Antonio Rose"
- Written by Bob Wills
- "Hi, Neighbor"
- (uncredited)
- Written by Jack Owens
- Sung by Jane Frazee
- "Once Upon a Summertime"
- (uncredited)
- Lyrics by Jack Brooks
- Music by Norman Berens
- "The Old Oaken Bucket"
- (uncredited)
- Lyrics by Samuel Woodworth
- Music by George Kiallmark
External links
- San Antonio Rose at IMDb
- San Antonio Rose at Answers.com
- San Antonio Rose album at Answers.com
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