Louisiana Purchase (film)

Louisiana Purchase is a 1941 film adaptation of the theater musical of the same name. A Paramount Pictures production, the film was directed by Irving Cummings, with Robert Emmett Dolan serving as musical director as he had done for the play.

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Starring comedian Bob Hope, the film featured Vera Zorina, Victor Moore and Irène Bordoni reprising their stage roles. Raoul Pene Du Bois did the production and costume design and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color along with Stephen Seymour. The cinematography was by Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan who also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Cast

Bob Hope as Jim Taylor

Vera Zorina as Marina Von Minden

Victor Moore as Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry

Irène Bordoni as Madame Yvonne Bordelaise

Phyllis Ruth as Emmy Lou

Dona Drake as Beatrice

Raymond Walburn as Colonel Davis

Maxie Rosenbloom as The Shadow aka Wilson