Mississippi
SAIL AWAY ON A CRUISE OF MERRIMENT & MELODY
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.
Production
Production
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
John Larkin
Rumbo
Libby Taylor
Lavinia
Stanley Andrews
Gambler (uncredited)
King Baggot
Gambler (uncredited)
Matthew Betz
Man at Bar (uncredited)
James Burke
Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)
Helene Chadwick
Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
Bruce Covington
Colonel (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
Bartender (uncredited)
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Reviews
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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.
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