Saint Louis Blues
Cast & Crew
Raoul Walsh
Dorothy Lamour
Lloyd Nolan
Tito Guizar
Jerome Cowan
Jessie Ralph
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Fleeing from her Broadway role as Aloma, the South Sea siren in a sarong, singer Norma Malone seeks sanctuary on the Mississippi, where she meets Dave Guerney, the impresario of a showboat. Norma convinces Dave to give her a job on the boat, but he refuses to give her a part in his show, claiming that she is an amateur and cannot sing properly. Nevertheless, Norma falls in love with Dave, sticking with him through a run of bad luck. Disaster strikes when the boat becomes mired in river mud, and after finally getting free, the troupe becomes involved in a fierce battle with a rival troupe and lands in jail. When Norma wins their release by singing an appealing lullabye that touches the judge's heart, Dave realizes that he has a real singer in his troupe and begins to build Norma up as he falls in love with her. Norma's notoriety attracts the attention of her erstwhile manager, Ivar DeBrett, who has been searching for her. Threatening a breach of contract suit, Ivar tries to prevent Norma's appearance in Dave's revue, but Norma wins her freedom through a technicality in her contract and remains with the Dave, the man she loves.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Cast
Dorothy Lamour
Lloyd Nolan
Tito Guizar
Jerome Cowan
Jessie Ralph
William Frawley
Mary Parker
Maxine Sullivan
Cliff Nazarro
Victor Kilian
Walter Soderling
The Kings Men
Virginia Howell
Matty Malneck And His Orchestra
Hall Johnson Choir
Spencer Charters
Emmett Vogan
Joseph Crehan
Billy Arnold
George Guhl
Archie Twitchell
Florence Dudley
Gene Morgan
Emory Parnell
Ernie Adams
Eddie Borden
Edward Hearn
Carl Harbaugh
Clarence Harvey
C. L. Sherwood
Sterling Holloway
Nora Cecil
Wade Boteler
Charles Mcavoy
Carol Holloway
William Alston
James Burtis
Tom Hanlon
Kathryn Sheldon
Charles R. Moore
Ethel Clayton
Gloria Williams
Norah Gale
Lane Chandler
Harriette Haddon
Gwen Kenyon
Marion Weldon
Dorothy White
Marie Burton
Dolores Casey
Dorothy Dayton
Judith King
Joyce Mathews
Ruth Rogers
Luana Walters
Jean Fenwick
Paula De Cardo
Helaine Moler
Shelia Darcy
Crew
Duke Atteberry
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Hoagy Carmichael
John Cope
Sam Coslow
Hans Dreier
Ernst Fegte
Arthur Franklin
A. E. Freudeman
Rafael Gama
Eleanore Griffin
Tito Guizar
W. C. Handy
James F. Hanley
Earl Hayman
Edith Head
Jean Herbert
Gordon Jennings
Hall Johnson
Burton Lane
Jeff Lazarus
William Lebaron
Joseph Lefert
Frank Loesser
Matty Malneck
John C. Moffitt
Boris Morros
Nenette Noriega
Leroy Prinz
William Rankin
Leo Robin
Billy Rose
William Shea
Theodor Sparkuhl
Ted Tetzlaff
Virginia Van Upp
Raoul Walsh
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this picture was Best of the Blues. According to a news item in Motion Picture Daily, Lloyd Nolan was assigned the role of Dave Guerney after George Raft refused to appear in the picture. An early Hollywood Reporter production chart lists Ted Tetzlaff as photographer. The onscreen credits read "permission granted by W. C. Handy for the use of his musical composition and the title St. Louis Blues."
