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 .

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1940 BROADWAY PRODUCTION

The show opened at the Shubert Brothers
Imperial Theater, New York City on May 28 , 1940 and ran for 444 performances. Produced by Buddy De Sylva , who also wrote the story from a book by Morrie Ryskind , and staged by Edgar MacGregor . The musical orchestrations were by Robert Emmett Dolan and N. Lang Van Cleve with the Ballet s by George Balanchine and the musical staging and dances by Carl Randall .

Set in New Orleans , the musical parodies Governor Huey Long and his control over Louisiana politics.

1941 MOTION PICTURE

A Paramount Pictures production, the film was directed by Irving Cummings with Robert Emmett Dolan serving as musical director as he had done for the play. Starring comedian Bob Hope , the film featured Vera Zorina , Victor Moore and Irène Bordoni reprising their stage roles. Raoul Pene Du Bois did the production and costume design and was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color . The Cinematography was by Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan who also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, Color .

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