St. Louis Blues (1939 film)
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St. Louis Blues (retitled as Best of the Blues)[1] is a 1939 American musical film directed by Raoul Walsh and set on a Mississippi River showboat. Though the song "St. Louis Blues" is performed, the film's plot is not based on the song. Artists appearing in the film include jazz singer Maxine Sullivan and composer/singer/actor Hoagy Carmichael. The film stars Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar, Jerome Cowan and Mary Parker.
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Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
Produced by | Jeff Lazarus |
Starring | Dorothy Lamour Lloyd Nolan |
Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Edited by | William Shea |
Music by | Charles Bradshaw |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Lamour sings "I Go for That"[2] by Matt Malneck, Jr. and Frank Loesser[3] in the film, and it became a hit recording.