Incendiary Blonde

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Incendiary Blonde
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by Joseph Sistrom
Buddy G. DeSylva
Written by Claude Binyon
Frank Butler
Ken Englund
James Edward Grant
Starring Betty Hutton
Arturo de Córdova
Charles Ruggles
Albert Dekker
Barry Fitzgerald
Music by Robert Emmett Dolan
John Leipold
Cinematography Ray Rennahan
Editing by Archie Marshek
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) August 31, 1945 (1945-08-31)
Running time 113 min.
Country Flag of the United States USA
Language English
IMDb profile

Incendiary Blonde was a 1945 musical biography of 1920s nightclub star Texas Guinan. Filmed in Technicolor by director George Marshall, it starred actress Betty Hutton in the title role. The music was written by Robert Emmett Dolan. It was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture."

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This was the final film for character actor Bud Jamison. Jamison, best known for his work with slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Disorder in the Court), died suddenly in September 1944. Mary Philips played Bessie Guinan.