San Antonio Rose (film)

San Antonio Rose
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Produced by	Ken Goldsmith
Written by	Jack Lait Jr. (story) Paul Girard Smith Howard Snyder Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Starring	Jane Frazee Robert Paige Eve Arden Lon Chaney Jr.
Music by	Charles Previn
Cinematography	Stanley Cortez
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	20 June 1941
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 faux Abbott and Costello; it was also designed as a showcase for the then-popular vocal group The Merry Macs. The plot involves two rival groups of entertainers converging on an abandoned roadhouse with the intent to reopen it, unaware that a gangster is eyeing the property for his own scheme.

Cast

Jane Frazee - Hope Holloway
Robert Paige - Con Conway
Eve Arden - Gabby Trent
Lon Chaney Jr. - Jigsaw Kennedy
Shemp Howard - Benny the Bounce
The Merry Macs - 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 Lang - Ralph
Riley Hill - Jimmy (as Roy Harris)
Peter Sullivan - Don
Richard Davies - 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)"

(uncredited)

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"

(uncredited)

Written by Jack Owens

Sung by Jane Frazee

"Once Upon a Summertime"

(uncredited)

Lyrics by Jack Brooks

Music by Norman Berens

"The Old Oaken Bucket"

(uncredited)

Lyrics by Samuel Woodworth

Music by George Kiallmark

External links

Films directed by Charles Lamont

Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
Sons of Steel (1934)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
False Pretenses (1935)
The Dark Hour (1936)
Below the Deadline (1936)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
August Weekend (1936)
International Crime (1938)
Slander House (1938)
Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Long Shot (1939)
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Verbena Tragica (1939)
Give Us Wings (1940)
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
Don't Get Personal (1942)
Almost Married (1942)
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Mister Big (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Fired Wife (1943)
Top Man (1943)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Salome Where She Danced (1945)
Frontier Gal (1946)
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Bagdad (1949)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Flame of Araby (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Untamed Heiress (1954)
Carolina Cannonball (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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