San Antonio Rose
Cast & Crew
Charles Lamont
Robert Paige
Jane Frazee
Joe Mcmichael
Ted Mcmichael
Judd Mcmichael
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Synopsis
Performers Hope Holloway and Gabby Trent audition for a job at the Plantation roadhouse. At the same time, racketeers Jigsaw Kennedy and Benny the Bounce are looking for Willoughby, the owner of the rival Harmony house. When Jigsaw and Benny attempt to lean on Willoughby for fifty per cent of his profits, he tells them that the Plantation is taking all of his business. Jigsaw and Benny decide to close down the opposition, and they run everyone out of the club--proprietor, orchestra and customers--in the midst of Hope and Gabby's audition. When the young women finish their number, they discover the house is empty, so, with nowhere else to go, they decide to spend the night there. The next morning, band leader Con Conway arrives with his band, Con Conway's Texans. Hope and Gabby tell them about the management leaving and the band becomes distressed, as they are now stranded, having spent all their money getting to this "gig." Hope then suggests that they pool their talents and reopen the Plantation themselves, as the previous owners left behind plenty of food and liquor. Con and his band go to work drumming up publicity for the grand re-opening, arranging for free newspaper and radio advertisements. When the gangsters learn of the performers' plans, Jigsaw and Benny try to strong-arm Gabby, but she is able to defeat them at their own game and throws them out of the roadhouse. Con, however, does not know who they are, so he hires the two mugs as waiters. On the opening night, Jigsaw and Benny do their best to ruin things, but the audience mistakes the chaotic waiters for part of the club's entertainment and cheer them on. Willoughby then shows up at the roadhouse and states that he holds the lease on the Plantation. One of Con's singers, Mona Mitchell, recognizes Willoughby as a fugitive confidence man, and he is forced to flee. The roadhouse becomes a huge success, and Con and Hope finally declare their love for each other.
Director
Charles Lamont
Cast
Robert Paige
Jane Frazee
Joe Mcmichael
Ted Mcmichael
Judd Mcmichael
Mary Lou Cook
Eve Arden
Shemp Howard
Lon Chaney Jr.
Richard Lane
Louis Dapron
Charles Lang
Roy Harris
Peter Sullivan
Richard Davies
Luis Alberni
Elaine Condos
Tim Ryan
Charles Irwin
Hal K. Dawson
Matt Mchugh
Billy Newell
Ferris Taylor
Eddie Bruce
Charles Hall
Rolfe Sedan
Cy Ring
Major Sam Harris
Charles Mcavoy
Beatrice Roberts
Marcia Ralston
Frank Mitchell
Vernon Dent
Paul Parry
Crew
Norman Berens
Jack Brooks
Bernard B. Brown
Charles Carroll
Milton Carruth
Nick Castle
Stanley Cortez
Ralph M. Delacy
R. A. Gausman
Ken Goldsmith
Ray Hoadley
Leo Kallion
George Kiallmark
Jack Lait Jr.
Joseph Mcdonough
Ted Mcmichael
Jack Otterson
Jack Owens
Gene De Paul
Charles Previn
Don Raye
Henry Russell
Frank Skinner
Paul Gerard Smith
Howard Snyder
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Vera West
Bob Wills
Samuel Woodworth
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While the Variety review refers to the characters of "Hope" and "Gabby" as sisters, no mention of this relationship is made by any other source, and the two characters have different last names.
