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Louisiana Purchase( 1941)

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WHERE THERE'S HOPE...THERE'S LIFE AND LAUGHTER!

Overview

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.

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      Bob Hope

      Jim Taylor

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      Vera Zorina

      Marina Von Minden

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      Victor Moore

      Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry

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      Irène Bordoni

      Madame Yvonne Bordelaise

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      Dona Drake

      Beatrice

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      Raymond Walburn

      Col. Davis Sr. aka Polar Bear

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      Maxie Rosenbloom

      The Shadow aka Wilson

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      Phyllis Ruth

      Emmy Lou

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      Frank Albertson

      Robert Davis, Jr.

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      Donald MacBride

      Capt. Pierre Whitfield

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      Andrew Tombes

      Dean Albert Manning

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      Robert Warwick

      Speaker of the House

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      Charles La Torre

      Gaston, Waiter

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      Charles Laskey

      Danseur

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      Emory Parnell

      Sam Horowitz, Lawyer

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      Iris Meredith

      Lawyer's secretary

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      Catherine Craig

      Saleslady

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      Jack Norton

      Jester

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      Sam McDaniel

      Sam

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      Kay Aldridge

      Louisiana Belle

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      Karin Booth

      Louisiana Belle (as Katharine Booth)

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      Rebel Randall

      Louisiana Belle (as Alaine Brandes)

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      Barbara Britton

      Louisiana Belle

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      Brooke Evans

      Louisiana Belle

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      Blanche Grady

      Louisiana Belle

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      Lynda Grey

      Louisiana Belle

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      Margaret Hayes

      Louisiana Belle

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      Louise La Planche

      Louisiana Belle

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      Barbara Slater

      Louisiana Belle

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      Eleanor Stewart

      Louisiana Belle

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      Jean Wallace

      Louisiana Belle

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      Richard Kipling

      Club Member (uncredited)

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      Keith Richards

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Dave Willock

      Bellhop (uncredited)

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      Jack Chefe

      French Chef (uncredited)

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      Edgar Dearing

      House Detective (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 12 2025
    This starts off with quite a fun little ditty that serves as their libel/defamation disclaimer - proclaiming that none of this is based on any real people! Who might have taken offence in the US of A in 1941 to the idea of a senate investigation into the dodgy goings on in any state at all, let alone Louisiana? Well it appears that the imminent arrival of the tee-total “Sen. Loganberry” (Victor Moore) has set the cat amongst the pigeons, and talking of pigeons it looks like “Taylor” (Bob Hope) is going to become exactly that. The great and the good of his state have been merrily creaming off th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • senator
    • mardi gras
    • musical