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Riding High

  • 19431943
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
119
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Cass Daley, Gil Lamb, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore, and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
  • Comedy
In order to help her father get his silver mine running, a burlesque queen returns home to Arizona and gets a job as an enterainer at a dude ranch and runs into a romantic mining engineer an... Read allIn order to help her father get his silver mine running, a burlesque queen returns home to Arizona and gets a job as an enterainer at a dude ranch and runs into a romantic mining engineer and a counterfeiter.In order to help her father get his silver mine running, a burlesque queen returns home to Arizona and gets a job as an enterainer at a dude ranch and runs into a romantic mining engineer and a counterfeiter.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
119
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • George Marshall
  • Writers
    • Walter DeLeon(screenplay)
    • Arthur Phillips(screenplay)
    • Art Arthur(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dorothy Lamour
    • Dick Powell
    • Victor Moore
Top credits
  • Director
    • George Marshall
  • Writers
    • Walter DeLeon(screenplay)
    • Arthur Phillips(screenplay)
    • Art Arthur(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dorothy Lamour
    • Dick Powell
    • Victor Moore
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    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Victor Moore and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Cass Daley in Riding High (1943)
    Cass Daley in Riding High (1943)

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    Dorothy Lamour
    Dorothy Lamour
    • Ann Castleas Ann Castle
    Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    • Steve Bairdas Steve Baird
    Victor Moore
    Victor Moore
    • Mortimer J. Slocumas Mortimer J. Slocum
    Gil Lamb
    Gil Lamb
    • Bob 'Foggy' Dayas Bob 'Foggy' Day
    Cass Daley
    Cass Daley
    • Tess Connorsas Tess Connors
    Bill Goodwin
    Bill Goodwin
    • Chuck Steuartas Chuck Steuart
    Rod Cameron
    Rod Cameron
    • Sam Welchas Sam Welch
    Glenn Langan
    Glenn Langan
    • Jack Holbrookas Jack Holbrook
    Milt Britton
    • Milt Brittonas Milt Britton
    Milt Britton's Band
    • Milt Britton's Bandas Milt Britton's Band
    The Cameron Troupe
    • The Cameron Troupeas The Cameron Troupe
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Reynoldsas Reynolds
    • (uncredited)
    Wade Boteler
    Wade Boteler
    • Mailmanas Mailman
    • (uncredited)
    James Burke
    James Burke
    • Pete Brownas Pete Brown
    • (uncredited)
    Dwight Butcher
    • Cowboyas Cowboy
    • (uncredited)
    Bruce Cameron
    • Head of Cameron Troupeas Head of Cameron Troupe
    • (uncredited)
    George M. Carleton
    George M. Carleton
    • Dad Castleas Dad Castle
    • (uncredited)
    Lane Chandler
    Lane Chandler
    • Cowboyas Cowboy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • George Marshall
    • Writers
      • Walter DeLeon(screenplay)
      • Arthur Phillips(screenplay)
      • Art Arthur(screenplay)
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    In order to help her father get his silver mine running, a burlesque queen returns home to Arizona and gets a job as an enterainer at a dude ranch and runs into a romantic mining engineer and a counterfeiter.
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      • Paramount's Rodeo of Rhythm in Technicolor!
    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • Passed
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Whistling in the Light
      (uncredited)

      Words by Leo Robin

      Music by Ralph Rainger

      Sung by Dorothy Lamour and Cass Daley

    User reviews7

    Review
    Top review
    Spike Jones fans will rejoice at seeing Milt Britton...
    Attention Spike Jones fans: this film is essential viewing if you are fortunate enough to have the opportunity! Quite unlike the previous reviewer, I was nearly giddy upon seeing the lowbrow slapstick sequence of Gil Lamb playing clarinet in Milt Britton's band. Milt and Frank Britton, along with other comedy/novelty/"corn" outfits (The Kidoodlers; Freddie Fisher and his Schnickelfritz Band), have been cited as major "musical" influences on the young maestro Jones. According to Spike Jones biographer Jordan R. Young, "By all accounts the Brittons had far and away the zaniest act of its day - they were the only "jazz band" whose members routinely fell into the orchestra pit, squirted water at one another, fired pistols in the air or broke violins over each other's heads." Unfortunately, apart from a Soundie musical short of "The Poet and Peasant Overture" not much Milt Britton footage is readily available. So when I came across a black and white print of this Technicolor flick on eBay, well, I had to have it. I was not disappointed: here we are able to see what helped inspire Jones's "Musical Depreciation Revue". Any Three Stooges fan will love this completely over-the-top, violent routine that climaxes with the entire orchestra reducing the stage, along with a breakaway grand piano, to smithereens. (Remember the protracted destruction of Jonathan Winters leveling a gas station in Stanley Kramer's "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"?) Sure, most moviegoers will find this film's plot threadbare, but what do you expect from a low budget musical? In fact, fans of "B" movies and "turkeys" shouldn't miss a couple of its outlandish "production" numbers, including one with a painfully politically incorrect American Indian theme. Now if only I can find a Technicolor print!
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    • Dec 25, 2002

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    • Release date
      • November 11, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Melody Inn
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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