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1930s

 

1930

 

Behind the Make-up - 1930

Dir: Milton; Cast: Powell, Wray; Drama with some scenes set in New Orleans.

 

Cameo Kirby - 1930

Dir: Cummings; Cast: Murray, Terris. Film set in New Orleans, SUPPOSEDLY with stock Mardi Gras footage.

 

Dixiana - Dir: Reed; Cast: Daniels, Marshall.  Musical set in New Orleans with king and queen of Mardi Gras. Exterior shots were taken IN Louisiana.

Land O' Lee - Castile Films travelogue - partially shot in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana.

Leather Pushers - 10 Episode SerialDir: Kelley; Cast: Richmond; Blane.  Episode #5 titled “Mardi Gras” set in New Orleans.

Way of All Men, The - Dir: Lloyd; Cast: Fairbanks, Revier. Drama partially set in New Orleans (in the BASEMENT of a speakeasy!)

1931

Safe in Hell - Dir.  Wellman; Cast:  Mackaill, Cook.  Drama with opening scenes of overhead shot of New Orleans with the remainder of the scenes set in New Orleans.

Sea Ghost - Dir: Nigh; Cast: Hale, Laplante.  Drama with some scenes filmed on docks in New Orleans.

Various Shifts - Football documentary - partially shot at Tulane University.

1932

 

Blonde Venus - 1932

Dir:  von Sternberg; Cast:  Dietrich, Marshall.  Drama with some scenes set in New Orleans.

Call Her Savage - 1932

Dir: Dillion; Cast: Rowland, Todd.  Drama with some scenes set in New Orleans. 

1933

 

Arizona to Broadway - 1933

Dir: Tinling; Cast: Dunn, Bennett. Crime drama partially set in New Orleans.

 

1934

 

Bed of Roses - 1934

Dir: LaCava; Cast: Bennett, McCrea.  Drama with some scenes set in New Orleans.

 

Belle of the Nineties (a/k/a) It Ain’t No Sin - 1934

Dir:  McCarey; Cast:  West, Brown.  Drama partially set in New Orleans.

 

Dixieland - Narrator: Kennedy. Documentary filmed partially in Natchitoches.

Handy Andy - Dir: Butler; Cast:  Rogers, Wood. Comedy with scenes set in New Orleans.

Lazy River - Dir: Seitz; Cast: Parker, Young.  Romantic drama with some scenes filmed in Golden Meadow and the shrimp camps of Lake Barataria.

Masks and Memories - Dir: Mack; Cast: Roth, Smith.  Musical comedy set in New Orleans.

Moth, The  - Dir: Newmeyer; Cast: Lucas, Page. Comedy drama filmed in Colorado with some stock footage of New Orleans Mardi Gras included.

Wicked Woman - Dir: Brabin; Cast: Christians, Parker.  Romantic drama set in Louisiana.
 
World Moves On, The - Dir: Ford; Cast: Carroll, Tone.  Romantic drama with some scenes set in colonial New Orleans.        

1935

 

Hail Columbia - Narrator: Kennedy.  Documentary filmed partially in New Orleans.

It's a Small World - Dir: Tracy, Barrie; Drama with some early scenes set in New Orleans.

Naughty Marietta - Dir: Van Dyke; Cast:  Eddy, MacDonald.  Musical drama set partially in colonial New Orleans.         
                   
Steamboat Round the Bend - Dir: Ford; Cast: Rogers, Shirley.  Comedy drama set on the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

1936

 

Banjo on My Knee - 1936

Dir: Cromwell; Cast: Stanwyck, McCrea.  Comedy with some scenes set in New Orleans.

 

Gentleman from Louisiana - Dir: Pichel; Cast:  Quillan, Sale.  Drama with some scenes set in Louisiana.

Green Pastures - Dir: Connelly. Cast: Anderson; Ingram. partially filmed in New Orleans on Rampart St.

Mysterious Crossing - Dir: Lubin; Cast: Dunn, Devine. Drama set in New Orleans.

Rainbow on the River - Dir: Neumann; Cast: Breen, Robson.  Musical partially set in New Orleans.  Reissued in 1945 as It Happened in New Orleans.

Show Boat - Dir: Whale; Cast: Dunne, Jones; Musical drama with some early scenes set in New Orleans.

Valiant is the Word For Carrie - Dir: Ruggles; Cast: Howard, George; Drama with some scenes set in the fictitious Louisiana town of Crebillon.

1937

 

Lady Behave - Dir: Corrigan; Cast: Eilers, Hamilton. Comedy drama with some scenes set in New Orleans.
 
Madame X - Dir: Wood; Cast: George, Beal. Drama with some scenes set in New Orleans.

Old Louisiana a/k/a Louisiana Gal - Dir: Willat - about the Louisiana territory Purchase and shipping through New Orleans, but no storyline involving Louisiana.

On Such a Night - Dir: Dupont; Cast: Richards, Morley; Drama with some scene set in Louisiana.

When Thief Meets Thief - Dir: Walsh; Cast: Fairbanks, Jr, Hale; Crime drama with some early scenes set in New Orleans.

1938

Buccaneer, The - 1938

Dir: DeMille; Cast: March, Gaal. Adventure tale of Jean Lafitte, with some scenes filmed in New Iberia, and some scenes set in the bayous of Louisiana. 

Jezebel - Dir: Wyler; Cast: Davis, Fonda. Drama set in antebellum New Orleans, with some exterior scenes filmed around Lake Charles.  print available on this title. - trailer available on this title.

Josette - Dir: Dwan; Cast: Ameche, Simon. Romantic comedy with some scenes set in New Orleans.

Toy Wife, The - Dir:  Thorpe; Cast: Rainer, Douglas.  Drama set in colonial New Orleans and surrounding plantations of Louisiana.

1939

 

Cat and Canary* - 1939

Dir: Nugent; Cast: Hope, Goddard. Comedy horror set in New Orleans.

 

 

Gone With the Wind - Dir: Fleming; Cast: Leigh, Gable; some honeymoon scenes set in New Orleans restaurant, music hall and hotel.

Midnight Shadow - Dir: Randol; Cast: Redd, Woods. Mystery with some scenes set in Shreveport.

Old Hickory - Dir: Seiler; Cast: Sothern, Bryant. Short biographical drama with some scenes set in New Orleans and surrounding areas.

Way Down South - Dir: Goodwins, Vorhaus; Cast: Breen, Mowbray. Drama set in pre-Civil War Bayou Lovelle Plantation in old Louisiana.