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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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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.
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Bing CrosbyTom Grayson
W.C. FieldsCommodore Jackson
Joan BennettLucy
Queenie SmithAlabam
Gail PatrickElvira
Claude GillingwaterGeneral Rumford
John MiljanMajor Patterson
Jan DugganThrilled Passenger in Pilot House
Fred KohlerCaptain Blackie
Edward PawleyJoe Patterson
Paul HurstHefty
Theresa Maxwell ConoverMiss Markham
John LarkinRumbo
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