BELLE OF THE YUKON
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM A.SEITER
INTERNAIONAL PICTURES
RKO RADIO PICTURES
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Set in the days of the great Canadian Gold Rush, this rousing musical stars Randolph Scott as a "reformed" con artist-turned-dance hall owner whose girlfriend, singer Gypsy Rose Lee, tries to keep him on the straight and narrow.
Written by Alessandro Martini
Cast
Randolph Scott ... Honest John Calhoun
Gypsy Rose Lee ... Belle De Valle
Dinah Shore ... Lettie Candless
Bob Burns ... Sam Slade
Charles Winninger ... Pop Candless
William Marshall ... Steve Atterbury
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Sheriff Mervin Maitland (as Guinn Williams)
Robert Armstrong ... George
Florence Bates ... Viola Chase
Victor Kilian ...
Professor Salsbury
Wanda McKay ... Cherie Atterbury
Edward Fielding ... C.V. Atterbury
Jane Hale ... Dance Specialty
Harry Tenbrook ... Harry (uncredited)
and many more...
Directed
William A. Seiter
Writing Credits
Houston Branch ... (story)
James Edward Grant ... (screenplay)
Produced
William A. Seiter ... producer
Music
Hugo Friedhofer ... (uncredited)
Arthur Lange ... (uncredited)
David Raksin ... (uncredited)
Cinematography
Ray Rennahan
Trivia
Bob Burns was known for a bizarre musical instrument that he invented and which he plays in this film. Basically a long tube with a cone on the end called a "bazooka". GIs in WW2 took the name for the rocket firing anti-tank weapon since it resembled the instrument.
The painting behind the bar is a rough interpretation of Bouguereau's "Nymphs and Satyr" that is in the collection of the Clark Art Institute of Williamstown, MA. It was in the Hoffman House at Broadway and 25th Street, hanging over the bar until 1901.
American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-1950, erroneously lists the release date as 1 January 1944, instead of the correct date of 1 January 1945.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 12, 1945 with Dinah Shore, Randolph Scott and Bob Burns reprising their film roles.
Filming Locations
St. Elmo, Colorado, USA
Lake Los Angeles, California, USA
Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Cedar Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA