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San Antonio Rose is a 1941 American black-and-white musical film starring Jane Frazee and featuring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Shemp Howard; it was also designed as a showcase for the then-popular vocal group The Merry Macs. The plot involves two rival groups of entertainers converging on an abandoned roadhouse with the intent to reopen it, unaware that a gangster is eyeing the property for his own scheme.

San Antonio Rose
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Written by	Jack Lait Jr. (story) Paul Gerard Smith Howard Snyder Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Produced by	Ken Goldsmith
Starring	Jane Frazee Robert Paige Eve Arden Lon Chaney Jr.
Cinematography	Stanley Cortez
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Music by	Charles Previn
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	20 June 1941
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

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Cast

• Jane Frazee – Hope Holloway
• Robert Paige – Con Conway
• Eve Arden – Gabby Trent
• Lon Chaney Jr. – Jigsaw Kennedy
• Shemp Howard – Benny the Bounce
• The Merry Macs – Themselves, The Merry Macs
  • Mary Lou Cook – Mona Mitchell (as Mary Lou Cook – The Merry Macs)
  • Joe McMichael – Harry (as Joe McMichael – The Merry Macs)
  • Ted McMichael – Ted (as Ted McMichael – The Merry Macs)
  • Judd McMichael – Phil (as Judd McMichael – The Merry Macs)
• Richard Lane – Charles J. Willoughby
• Elaine Condos – Elaine (Dancer)
• Louis Da Pron – Alex (Dancer)
• Charles Lang – Ralph
• Riley Hill – Jimmy (as Roy Harris)
• Peter Sullivan – Don
• Richard Davies – Eddie
• Luis Alberni – Nick Ferris

Soundtrack

• "Mexican Jumping Bean"

Music by Gene de Paul

Lyrics by Don Raye

Sung by The Merry Macs

• "You're Everything Wonderful"

Written by Henry Russell

Sung by Jane Frazee and Eve Arden

• "Gee But It's Tough to Be a Glamour Girl"

Written by Henry Russell

Sung by Jane Frazee and Eve Arden

• "The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Rhapsody)"

(uncredited)

Written by Ted McMichael, Jack Owens and Leo Killion

Sung by The Merry Macs

• "You've Got What It Takes"

Music by Gene de Paul

Lyrics by Don Raye

• "Bugle Woogie Boy"

Written by Henry Russell

• "San Antonio Rose"

Written by Bob Wills

• "Hi, Neighbor"

(uncredited)

Written by Jack Owens

Sung by Jane Frazee

• "Once Upon a Summertime"

(uncredited)

Lyrics by Jack Brooks

Music by Norman Berens

• "The Old Oaken Bucket"

(uncredited)

Lyrics by Samuel Woodworth

Music by George Kiallmark

External links

• San Antonio Rose at IMDb
• San Antonio Rose at Answers.com
• San Antonio Rose album at Answers.com
• Watch San Antonio Rose (1941) Free Online
• Poster; Movie, Daybill, 1941, Australia, San Antonio Rose, 30 inch.
• Townsend, Charles R. (1986). San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills. University of Illinois Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-252-01362-1.

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