1935

73m

Mississippi

Summary

A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.

Cast

Bing Crosby

Tom Grayson

W.C. Fields

Commodore Jackson

Joan Bennett

Lucy

Queenie Smith

Alabam

Gail Patrick

Elvira

Claude Gillingwater

General Rumford

John Miljan

Major Patterson

Jan Duggan

Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House

Fred Kohler

Captain Blackie

Edward Pawley

Joe Patterson

Paul Hurst

Hefty

Theresa Maxwell Conover

Miss Markham

John Larkin

Rumbo

Libby Taylor

Lavinia

Stanley Andrews

Gambler (uncredited)

King Baggot

Gambler (uncredited)

Roy Bailey

Pianist (uncredited)

Matthew Betz

Man at Bar (uncredited)

William A. Boardway

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mary Ellen Brown

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

James Burke

Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)

Jack Carlyle

Referee (uncredited)

Helene Chadwick

Atendee at Opening (uncredited)

Harry Cody

Abner, the Bartender (uncredited)

Bruce Covington

Colonel (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

Bartender (uncredited)

George Ford

Party Guest (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart

Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton

Gambler (uncredited)

Bill Harwood

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bill Howard

Man in Auditorium (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Man at Bar (uncredited)

Charles King

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bert Lindley

Leadsman (uncredited)

George Lloyd

Gambler (uncredited)

Francis McDonald

Gambler (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Duelist (uncredited)

J.P. McGowan

Dealer (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Show Patron (uncredited)

Arthur Millett

Leadsman (uncredited)

Harry Myers

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Party Guest (uncredited)

Victor Potel

Guest (uncredited)

Albert Richman

Gambler (uncredited)

Warner Richmond

Man in Bar Who Pulls Gun (uncredited)

Jean Rouverol

Lucy’s School Friend (uncredited)

Dick Scott

Second (uncredited)

Ann Sheridan

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

C.L. Sherwood

Relay Man (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

Valet (uncredited)

Mildred Stone

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Jerome Storm

Atendee at Opening (uncredited)

Eddie Sturgis

Gambler (uncredited)

Forrest Taylor

Man at Bar Who Orders Sarsaparilla (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Leadsman (uncredited)

Mabel Van Buren

Woman in Auditorium (uncredited)

Crew

Director

A. Edward Sutherland

Adaptation

Claude Binyon

Adaptation

Herbert Fields

Lyricist

Lorenz Hart

Screenplay

Jack Cunningham

Screenplay

Francis Martin

Story

Booth Tarkington

Reviews

talisencrw

June 25, 2016

I sold this film to myself as simply a musical with W.C. Fields and Joan Bennett in it, and it worked for me in that regard. Worth a watch if you're intrigued by bizarrely-plotted musical comedies from the 30's.