St. Louis Blues (1939 film)

St. Louis Blues
Film poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Produced by	Jeff Lazarus
Starring	Dorothy Lamour Lloyd Nolan
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	William Shea
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	February 3, 1939 (1939-02-03)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

St. Louis Blues is a 1939 American musical film directed by Raoul Walsh that was set on a Mississippi River showboat. Although the plot was not related to the song, the "St. Louis Blues" was sung as one of the numbers. Artists included jazz singer Maxine Sullivan and composer/singer/actor Hoagy Carmichael. The film features Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar, Jerome Cowan and Mary Parker.

Lamour sang "I Go for That"^[1] by Matt Malneck, Jr., and Frank Loesser^[2] in the film, and had a hit recording with it.

Cast

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

References

External links

St. Louis Blues at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Raoul Walsh

The Life of General Villa (1914)
Regeneration (1915)
Peer Gynt (1915)
Carmen (1915)
The Serpent (1916)
The Silent Lie (1917)
Betrayed (1917)
The Conqueror (1917)
The Pride of New York (1917)
The Prussian Cur (1918)
Every Mother's Son (1918)
Evangeline (1919)
The Deep Purple (1920)
Kindred of the Dust (1922)
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (1923)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
East of Suez (1925)
The Spaniard (1925)
The Wanderer (1925)
The Lucky Lady (1926)
The Lady of the Harem (1926)
What Price Glory? (1926)
The Monkey Talks (1927)
The Loves of Carmen (1927)
Sadie Thompson (1928)
The Red Dance (1928)
Me, Gangster (1928)
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
Hot for Paris (1929)
The Big Trail (1930)
The Man Who Came Back (1931)
Women of All Nations (1931)
The Yellow Ticket (1931)
Wild Girl (1932)
Me and My Gal (1932)
Sailor's Luck (1933)
Hello, Sister! (1933)
The Bowery (1933)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Under Pressure (1935)
Baby Face Harrington (1935)
Every Night at Eight (1935)
Klondike Annie (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Spendthrift (1936)
Artists and Models (1937)
Hitting a New High (1937)
O.H.M.S. (1937)
Jump for Glory (1937)
College Swing (1938)
St. Louis Blues (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Dark Command (1940)
They Drive by Night (1940)
High Sierra (1941)
The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
Manpower (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Desperate Journey (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Background to Danger (1943)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
Uncertain Glory (1944)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
The Man I Love (1947)
Pursued (1947)
Cheyenne (1947)
Silver River (1948)
Fighter Squadron (1948)
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
Colorado Territory (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Distant Drums (1951)
Glory Alley (1952)
The World in His Arms (1952)
Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
The Lawless Breed (1953)
Sea Devils (1953)
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Gun Fury (1953)
Saskatchewan (1954)
Battle Cry (1955)
The Tall Men (1955)
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
The King and Four Queens (1956)
Band of Angels (1957)
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
A Private's Affair (1959)
Esther and the King (1960)
Marines, Let's Go (1961)
A Distant Trumpet (1964)

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