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.
Plot
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
San Antonio Rose at Answers.com
San Antonio Rose album at Answers.com
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