High, Wide and Handsome (1937)

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High, Wide and Handsome almost defies classification: Perhaps it's best referred to as a historical musical western comedy melodrama. Irene Dunne plays an itinerant circus performer who marries oilman Randolph Scott. The couple heads to Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859, where Scott is among the… More High, Wide and Handsome almost defies classification: Perhaps it's best referred to as a historical musical western comedy melodrama. Irene Dunne plays an itinerant circus performer who marries oilman Randolph Scott. The couple heads to Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859, where Scott is among the lucky prospectors who strikes oil. With no train service to the refineries, the townsfolk are obliged to build a pipeline, which is accomplished to the accompaniment of several rousing musical numbers by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. The villainous element is represented by Alan Hale, who does his best to block the project to serve his own evil ends. Dunne's old circus friends come to the rescue with a herd of trained elephants! High Wide and Handsome confused too many filmgoers to make money in 1937; today it's regarded in some circles as a classic. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 52 min.
Directed By: Rouben Mamoulian
Genres: Musical & Performing Arts, Western

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Cast

            Irene Dunne as Sally Watterson

            Randolph Scott as Peter Cortlandt

            Dorothy Lamour as Molly Fuller

            Elizabeth Patterson as Grandma Cortlandt

            Raymond Walburn as Doc Watterson

            Charles Bickford as Red Scanlon

            Akim Tamiroff as Joe Varese

            Ben Blue as Zeke

            William Frawley as Mac

            Alan Hale as Walt Brennan

            Irving Pichel as Mr. Stark

            Stanley Andrews as Lem Moulton

            James Burke as Stackpole

            Roger Imhof as Pop Bowers

            Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Lippincott

            Purnell Pratt as Colonel Blake

            Edward Gargan as Foreman

            Constance Bergen as Singer

            Billy Bletcher as Shorty

            Monte Blue
            
            Tommy Bupp as Boy

            Marjorie Cameron as Blonde singer

            Jack Clifford as Wash Miller

            Sherry Hall as Piano player

            Dell Henderson as Bank president

            Edward Keane as Jones

            Lew Kelly as Carpenter

            Paul Kruger as Man

            Helen Lowell as Mrs. Lippincott

            John Marshall as Teller

            Claire McDowell as Seamstress

            Ivan Miller as Marble

            Philip Morris as Teamster

            John T. Murray as Mr. Green

            Rolfe Sedan as Photographer

            Harry Semels as Bartender

            John Maurice Sullivan as Old Gentleman

            Frank Sully as Gabby Johnson

            Fred Warren as Piano player

            Pat West as Razorback

            Ernest Wood as Hotel clerk

            Russell Hopton as John Thompson Civil Engineer

            Raymond Brown as P.t. Barnum
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