San Antonio Rose (film)
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San Antonio Rose is a 1941 American
black-and-white
musical film
starring Jane Frazee
and featuring Lon Chaney, Jr.
and Shemp Howard as a one-shot comedy team (Chaney and Howard).
United States
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black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
starring Jane Frazee
Jane Frazee
Mary Jane Frehse , known as Jane Frazee, was an American actress, singer, and dancer.-Professional life:...
and featuring Lon Chaney, Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr. , born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney...
and Shemp Howard as a one-shot comedy team (Chaney and Howard).
Cast
- Jane FrazeeJane FrazeeMary Jane Frehse , known as Jane Frazee, was an American actress, singer, and dancer.-Professional life:...
- Hope Holloway - Robert PaigeRobert PaigeRobert Paige was a TV star and Universal Pictures leading man who made 65 films in his lifetime and was the only actor ever allowed to sing on film with Deanna Durbin...
- Con Conway - Eve ArdenEve ArdenEve Arden was an American actress. Her almost 60-year career crossed most media frontiers with supporting and leading roles, but she may be best-remembered for playing the sardonic but engaging title character, a high school teacher, on Our Miss Brooks, and as the Rydell High School principal in...
- Gabby Trent - Lon Chaney Jr. - Jigsaw Kennedy
- Shemp Howard - Benny the Bounce
- The Merry MacsThe Merry MacsThe Merry Macs were an American close-harmony pop music quartet active from the 1920s till the 1960s and best known for the hits “Mairzy Doats,” “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” and "Sentimental Journey." They also sang on recordings with Bing Crosby....
- Themselves, The Merry Macs- Mary Lou Cook - Mona Mitchell (as Mary Lou Cook - The Merry Macs)
- Joe McMichael - Harry (as Joe McMichael - The Merry Macs)
- Ted McMichael - Ted (as Ted McMichael - The Merry Macs)
- Judd McMichael - Phil (as Judd McMichael - The Merry Macs)
- Richard Lane - Charles J. Willoughby
- Elaine Condos - Elaine (Dancer)
- Louis Da Pron - Alex (Dancer)
- Charles LangCharles LangCharles Bryant Lang, Jr., A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.Early in his career he worked with the Akeley camera, a gyroscope-mounted "pancake" camera designed by Carl Akeley for outdoor action shots...
- Ralph - Riley Hill - Jimmy (as Roy Harris)
- Peter SullivanPeter SullivanPeter Sullivan may refer to:* Peter Sullivan , alderman and a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Manchester, New Hampshire...
- Don - Richard DaviesRichard DaviesRichard Davies was a Welsh bishop and scholar.-Life:He was born in north Wales, and was educated at New Inn Hall, Oxford, becoming vicar of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, in 1550....
- Eddie - Luis Alberni - Nick Ferris
Soundtrack
- "Mexican Jumping Bean"
- Music by Gene de Paul
- Lyrics by Don Raye
- Sung by The Merry Macs
- "You're Everything Wonderful"
- Written by Henry Russell
- Sung by Jane Frazee and Eve Arden
- "Gee But It's Tough to Be a Glamour Girl"
- Written by Henry Russell
- Sung by Jane Frazee and Eve Arden
- "The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Rhapsody)"
- Written by Ted McMichael, Jack Owens and Leo Killion
- Sung by The Merry Macs
- "You've Got What It Takes"
- Music by Gene de Paul
- Lyrics by Don Raye
- "Bugle Woogie Boy"
- Written by Henry Russell
- "San Antonio Rose"
- Written by Bob Wills
- "Hi, Neighbor"
- Written by Jack Owens
- Sung by Jane Frazee
- "Once Upon a Summertime"
- Lyrics by Jack Brooks
- Music by Norman Berens
- "The Old Oaken Bucket"
- Lyrics by Samuel Woodworth
- Music by George Kiallmark
External links
- San Antonio Rose at Answers.com
- San Antonio Rose album at Answers.com
- http://www.ovguide.com/movies_tv/san_antonio_rose.htm
- http://www.thumbplay.com/join/Bob+Wills-artist-San+Antonio+Rose-realtones-bonus
- http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/films/buy-me-that-town-and-san-antonio-rose-michael-schlesinger-in-person/
- http://www.prices4antiques.com/works-on-paper/posters/Poster-Movie-Daybill-1941-Australia-San-Antonio-Rose-30-inch-D9942893.htm
- http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/337763
- http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Kc7yZGTFXUgC&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=San+Antonio+Rose+1941&source=bl&ots=jF1AOmSKtr&sig=_Qhf33RXxMXk9H0ErjufG3v0LsY&hl=en&ei=OYi7SoDaJ4H8tQP6l4y7BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=San%20Antonio%20Rose%201941&f=false