Louisiana Purchase is a 1941 film adaptation of the musical theater play, Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase (musical)

Louisiana Purchase is a musical theater production from 1940. It has music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. In 1941 it was adapted for the film Louisiana Purchase directed by Irving Cummings....

. A Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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 production, the film was directed by Irving Cummings

Irving Cummings

Irving Cummings , born Irving Camisky in New York City, New York was an American movie actor, director, producer and writer....

 with Robert Emmett Dolan serving as musical director as he had done for the play. Starring comedian Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...

, the film featured Vera Zorina

Vera Zorina

Vera Zorina was a Norwegian ballerina, musical theatre actress and choreographer.-Background:Vera Zorina was born Eva Brigitta Hartwig in Berlin, Germany. Her father Fritz was a German and her mother Billie Hartwig was Norwegian. Both were professional singers...

, Victor Moore

Victor Moore

Victor Frederick Moore was an American actor of stage and screen, as well as a comedian, writer, and director.-Personal life:...

 and Irène Bordoni

Irène Bordoni

Irène Bordoni was a French singer and a Broadway and film actress.-Early years:Born in Ajaccio, France, from an Italian family, she had been a child actor, performing in Paris on stage and in silent films for a few years, having signed with theatrical agent André Charlot...

 reprising their stage roles. Raoul Pene Du Bois

Raoul Pene Du Bois

Raoul Pene Du Bois was an American costume designer and scenic designer for the stage and film. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.-Career:...

 did the production and costume design and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color

Academy Award for Best Art Direction

The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999...

 along with Stephen Seymour

Stephen Seymour

Stephen Seymour was an American set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Louisiana Purchase.He was born in New York and died in Ventura, California....

. The cinematography

Cinematography

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 was by Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan

Ray Rennahan

Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. was a movie cinematographer.For his work in movies, he became one of the only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The other five are: Haskell Wexler, Conrad L. Hall, J...

 who also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

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Cast

• Bob Hope
  Bob Hope
  Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...
  
   : Jim Taylor
• Vera Zorina
  Vera Zorina
  Vera Zorina was a Norwegian ballerina, musical theatre actress and choreographer.-Background:Vera Zorina was born Eva Brigitta Hartwig in Berlin, Germany. Her father Fritz was a German and her mother Billie Hartwig was Norwegian. Both were professional singers...
  
   : Marina Von Minden
• Victor Moore
  Victor Moore
  Victor Frederick Moore was an American actor of stage and screen, as well as a comedian, writer, and director.-Personal life:...
  
   : Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry
• Irène Bordoni
  Irène Bordoni
  Irène Bordoni was a French singer and a Broadway and film actress.-Early years:Born in Ajaccio, France, from an Italian family, she had been a child actor, performing in Paris on stage and in silent films for a few years, having signed with theatrical agent André Charlot...
  
   : Madame Yvonne Bordelaise
• Phyllis Ruth : Emmy Loui
• Dona Drake
  Dona Drake
  Dona Drake was an American singer, dancer and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was born Eunice Westmoreland in Miami, Florida, in 1914. Entering show business in the 1930s, she used the names Una Velon, Rita Rio and Rita Shaw. She settled on the stage name Dona Drake in the early 1940s...
  
   : Beatrice
• Raymond Walburn
  Raymond Walburn
  Raymond Walburn was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of Hollywood comedies and an occasional dramatic role during the 1930s and 1940s.-Life and career:...
  
   : Colonel Davis
• Maxie Rosenbloom
  Maxie Rosenbloom
  Max Everitt Rosenbloom, known as Slapsie Maxie was an American boxer, actor, and television personality.-Life and career:...
  
  : The Shadow aka Wilson