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San Antonio Rose (film)
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Wikipedia article
'San Antonio Rose ' is a 1941 American black-and-white musical film starring Jane Frazee and featuring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Shemp Howard; 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
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