Sleepy Lagoon (film)
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| Sleepy Lagoon | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Santley |
| Screenplay by | Frank Gill. Jr. George Carleton Brown |
| Story by | Prescott Chaplin |
| Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
| Starring | Judy Canova Dennis Day Ruth Donnelly |
| Cinematography | Bud Thackery |
| Edited by | Richard Van Enger |
| Music by | Mort Glickman (uncredited) Walter Scharf (uncredited) Marlin Skiles (uncredited) |
Production company | Republic Pictures |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minsutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sleepy Lagoon is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and featuring comedian Judy Canova and singer Dennis Day. The film was written by Prescott Chaplin, and Frank Gill, Jr. and George Carleton Brown wrote the screenplay. It was Canova's final feature for Republic until 1951.
The setting of the film, the fictional town of Sleepy Lagoon, was possibly inspired by the song of the same name, which was popular at the time. The content of the film, however, is totally unrelated to the Sleepy Lagoon murder, which took place at a now-defunct Southern California reservoir and led to the Zoot Suit Riots.
Plot
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Newly elected mayor Judy Joyner takes charge of a growing but corrupt small town.
Cast
[edit]- Judy Canova as Judy Joyner
- Dennis Day as Lancelot Hillie
- Ruth Donnelly as Sarah Rogers
- Joe Sawyer as Lumpy
- Ernest Truex as Dudley Joyner
- Douglas Fowley as J. "The Brain" Lucarno
- Will Wright as Cyrus Coates
- Forrest Taylor as Samuel
- Kitty McHugh as Mrs. Small
- Eddie Chandler as Ticket Seller
- Herbert Corthell as Sheriff Bates
- Ellen Lowe as Mrs. Simms
- Jack Raymond as Joe, the Clown
- Margaret Reid as Mrs. Crumm
- Mike Riley as Bandleader
- Rondo Hatton as Hunchback (uncredited)
External links
[edit]- Sleepy Lagoon at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Sleepy Lagoon at IMDb
- Sleepy Lagoon at the TCM Movie Database
- ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Sleepy Lagoon at AllMovie
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- 1943 films
- 1943 musical comedy films
- 1940s crime comedy films
- American crime comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- 1940s English-language films
- American independent films
- Republic Pictures films
- Films directed by Joseph Santley
- 1940s independent films
- 1940s American films
- English-language crime comedy films
- English-language musical comedy films
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