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| Look-Out Sister | |
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| Directed by | Bud Pollard |
| Starring | Louis Jordan |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000 |
Look-Out Sister is a 1948 film featuring Louis Jordan,[1][2] directed by Bud Pollard for Astor Pictures. It has been described as a satirical,[3] Western-themed musical[4] and "horse opera".[2] John E. Gordon wrote the story.
Jordan performs numerous songs in the film.[5] The plot features Louis Jordan as a burnt out musician who heads to a sanitorium to recover and the dreams of going out west to a dude ranch.[6][7] A poster for the film advertises it as including 11 great song hits and features the tagline "when he's not singin' he's shootin, when he's not shootin" he's lovin'.[8] Louise Franklin plays a featured role in the film.[2]
Excerpts from this film and his others, Beware (1946) and Reet, Petite and Gone (1947), as well as soundies were released as Louis Jordan: films and soundies[9]
The Jazz Society of Chicago and Chicago Film Society scheduled a showing of the film in 2019 calling it a "joyously ingratiating, loose-limbed musical that packs 11 songs into an hour.[10]
Production
[edit]The film, called Lookout while in production, was budgeted at $60,000.[11] It was named after Jordan's original song, "Look Out".[2] Louis Jordan was one of the investors for the film. Some of the "swim and western atmosphere shots" were taken in the San Fernando Valley.[11] During filming, Maceo Sheffield was injured after falling off of a horse in a scene where he was "in pursuit of an outlaw band".[12]
Cast
[edit]- Louis Jordan
- Suzette Harbin
- Monte Hawley
- Louise Franklin as Louise Ritchie[13]
- Glenn Allen
- Tommy Southern
References
[edit]- ↑ Showmen's Motion Picture Trade Review. 1948.
- 1 2 3 4 Levette, Harry (10 April 1948). "20 Hollywood Bathing Beauties Star With Louis Jordan". Atlanta Daily World. p. 4. ProQuest 490847961. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ McCann, Bob (October 27, 2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 9780786437900 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (January 26, 2007). Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810864641 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "LOOKOUT SISTER". Library of Congress.
- ↑ "Look-Out Sister". www.grapevinevideo.com.
- ↑ "LOOK-OUT SISTER". May 19, 2020 – via blackreflections.tv.
- ↑ "Look Out Sister, poster, Suzette Harbin, Louis Jordan, 1947". Getty Images.
- ↑ Louis Jordan: films and soundies. October 27, 2003. OCLC 56194440.
- ↑ Society, Chicago Film. "Do the "Barnyard Boogie!" – Louis Jordan Musical Lookout Sister Screens Sept. 11 in 35mm at NEIU | Chicago Film Society".
- 1 2 Lamar, Lawrence F. (3 April 1948). "Louis Jordan's Film, "Look" Ready Soon". The Chicago Defender (National Edition). p. 9. ProQuest 492845491. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ "Maceo Sheffield Is Injured In Fall Off Hoss in Jordan Pix". New York Amsterdam. 3 April 1948. p. 23. ProQuest 225936964. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ Levette, Harry (April 9, 1948). "20 Hollywood Bathing Beauties Star With Louis Jordan". Alabama Tribune. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
