Riding High
Paramount's Rhythm Rodeo in TECHNICOLOR... Heap hep songs... Heap hep squaws... Heap hep laughs!
1943 | 88m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | George Marshall |
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| Writer: | Walter DeLeon, Art Arthur, Arthur Phillips |
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| No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a by-the-numbers vehicle for Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell. Lamour stars as Ann Castle, a former burlesque queen who heads westward to claim her father's silver mine. Powell plays mining engineer Steve Baird, who like Ann has a vested interest in the worked-out mine. With the help of genial counterfeiter Mortimer J. Slocum (Victor Moore), Steve and Ann are able to peddle mining stock, thus saving her from bankruptcy. The stockholders are in a lynching mood when it appears that they've been flim-flammed, but a last minute "miracle" saves the day. Featured in the cast are Paramount stalwarts Cass Daley and Gil Lamb, the former doing her quasi-Martha Raye act and the latter swallowing his harmonica for the millionth time. Production values are excellent and the songs are exuberantly performed; it's only in its hackneyed plot that Riding High slows to a clip-clop. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 11, 1943 |
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| Director: | George Marshall |
| Writer: | Walter DeLeon, Art Arthur, Arthur Phillips |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music, Western |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Dorothy Lamour | Ann Castle |
| Dick Powell | Steve Baird |
| Victor Moore | Mortimer J. Slocum |
| Gil Lamb | Bob 'Foggy' Day |
| Cass Daley | Tess Connors |
| Bill Goodwin | Chuck Steuart |
| Rod Cameron | Sam Welch |
| Glenn Langan | Jack Holbrook |
| Roscoe Karns | Shorty |
| Douglas Fowley | Brown |
| Stanley Andrews | Reynolds |
| James Burke | Pete |
| James Flavin | Train Conductor |
| Tim Ryan | Jones |
| Russell Simpson | Frenchy McGuire |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Marshall | Director |
| Walter DeLeon | Writer |
| LeRoy Stone | Editor |
| Charles Bradshaw | Original Music Composer |
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Harry Hallenberger | Director of Photography |
| Loren L. Ryder | Sound Recordist |
| Art Arthur | Writer |
| Stephen Seymour | Set Decoration |
| Leo Shuken | Original Music Composer |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Arthur Phillips | Writer |
| Karl Struss | Director of Photography |
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| Buddy G. DeSylva | Executive Producer |
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