Northwest Outpost
| Northwest Outpost | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Written by | Elizabeth Meehan Richard Sale Angela Stuart Laird Doyle |
| Produced by | Allan Dwan |
| Starring | Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey Joseph Schildkraut Elsa Lanchester |
| Cinematography | Reggie Lanning |
| Edited by | Harry Keller |
| Music by | Robert Ambruster Rudolf Friml |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date | June 25, 1947 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Northwest Outpost is a 1947 American musical film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey and Joseph Schildkraut. The film was Eddy's last. He was persuaded to make it by Republic Pictures because Rudolf Friml was writing the score. It was well received by critics and had a s strong box office performance.[1] It is also known by the alternative title End of the Rainbow.
Synopsis
The film is set at the Russian imperial post at Fort Ross in California in the early Nineteenth Century. A visiting American army offices becomes romantically involved with an aristocratic woman whose criminal husband is being held as a prisoner at the Fort.
Main cast
- Nelson Eddy as Captain Jim Laurence
- Ilona Massey as Natalia Alanova
- Joseph Schildkraut as Count Igor Savin
- Elsa Lanchester as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
- Hugo Haas as Prince Nickolai Balinin
- Lenore Ulric as Baroness Kruposny
- Peter Whitney as Volkoff Overseer
- Tamara Shayne as Olga Natalia's Maid
- Ernö Verebes as Kyril Balinin's Aide
- George Sorel as Baron Kruposny
- Rick Vallin as Dovkin
References
- ^ Lulay p.157
Bibliography
- Everett, William A. Rudolf Friml. University of Illinois Press, 2008.
- Lulay, Gail. Nelson Eddy: America's Favorite Baritone. iUniverse, 2000.
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