Mississippi (1935)
March 22, 1935Release Date
Mississippi (1935)
March 22, 1935Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Bing Crosby
Tom Grayson
W.C. Fields
Commodore Jackson
Joan Bennett
Lucy
Queenie Smith
Alabam
Gail Patrick
Elvira
Claude Gillingwater
General Rumford
John Miljan
Major Patterson
Jan Duggan
Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House
Fred Kohler
Captain Blackie
Edward Pawley
Joe Patterson
Paul Hurst
Hefty
Theresa Maxwell Conover
Miss Markham
John Larkin
Rumbo
Libby Taylor
Lavinia
Stanley Andrews
Gambler (uncredited)
King Baggot
Gambler (uncredited)
Roy Bailey
Pianist (uncredited)
Matthew Betz
Man at Bar (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mary Ellen Brown
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
James Burke
Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)
Jack Carlyle
Referee (uncredited)
Helene Chadwick
Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Abner, the Bartender (uncredited)
Bruce Covington
Colonel (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
Bartender (uncredited)
George Ford
Party Guest (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart
Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Gambler (uncredited)
Bill Harwood
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bill Howard
Man in Auditorium (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Charles King
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bert Lindley
Leadsman (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Gambler (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
Gambler (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Duelist (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan
Dealer (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Show Patron (uncredited)
Arthur Millett
Leadsman (uncredited)
Harry Myers
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Party Guest (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Guest (uncredited)
Albert Richman
Gambler (uncredited)
Warner Richmond
Man in Bar Who Pulls Gun (uncredited)
Jean Rouverol
Lucy’s School Friend (uncredited)
Dick Scott
Second (uncredited)
Ann Sheridan
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood
Relay Man (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Valet (uncredited)
Mildred Stone
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Jerome Storm
Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
Eddie Sturgis
Gambler (uncredited)
Forrest Taylor
Man at Bar Who Orders Sarsaparilla (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Leadsman (uncredited)
Mabel Van Buren
Woman in Auditorium (uncredited)
A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Chandler House
Editor
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
Booth Tarkington
Story
Francis Martin
Screenplay
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 22, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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Mississippi is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, and Joan Bennett. Written by Francis Martin and Jack Cunningham based on the novel Magnolia by Booth Tarkington, the film is about a young pacifist who, after refusing on principle to defend his sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer and acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which a villain accidentally kills himself with his own gun. The film was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Mississippi has the distinction of being the only W.C. Fields film with a score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. It is also the only film in which Fields co-starred with Crosby. Photographed by Charles Lang, the film featured art direction by Hans Dreier and Bernard Herzbrun and was edited by Chandler House. The sound man was Eugene Merritt. The original running time of this black-and-white film was 80 minutes. The film has been released on VHS and DVD as part of the W.C. Fields Collection in the United Kingdom.