This screen version of the Broadway musical, with songs by Irving Berlin, stars Victor Moore as a US Senator Oliver P. Loganberry, who heads an investigation into political corruption in New Orleans, which the lawyer (Bob Hope) attempts tothwart.
Many of the original stage members were recruited for this film, including Victor Moore, Vera Zorina, and Irene Bordoni.
Oscar Nominations: 2
Cinematography (Color): Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan
Interior Decoration (Color): Raoul Pene du Bois, art direction; Stephen A. Seymour, set decoration
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
Ray Rennahan won the Cinematography Oscar with Ernest Palmer for Blood and Sand.
The Interior Decoration Oscar went to Blossoms in the Dust
