''Northwest Outpost'' (also known as ''End of the Rainbow'') is a 1947 American
Musical
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film directed by
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Early life
Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was ...
and starring
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor and baritone singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclub ...
and
Ilona Massey
Ilona Massey (born Ilona Hajmássy, June 16, 1910 – August 20, 1974) was a Hungarian-American film, stage and radio performer.
Early life and career
She was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (now in Hungary). Billed as "the new Die ...
. The film was Eddy's last, and is an
operetta film
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like his previous starring roles. He was persuaded to make it by
Republic Pictures
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because
was writing the
score. It was well received by critics and had a strong box office performance.
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Plot
The film is set at the
Russian imperial
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post at
Fort Ross
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in
California
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in the early Nineteenth Century. A visiting American army officer becomes romantically involved with an aristocratic woman whose criminal husband is being held as a prisoner at the Fort.
Cast
*
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor and baritone singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclub ...
as Captain Jim Laurence
*
Ilona Massey
Ilona Massey (born Ilona Hajmássy, June 16, 1910 – August 20, 1974) was a Hungarian-American film, stage and radio performer.
Early life and career
She was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (now in Hungary). Billed as "the new Die ...
as Natalia Alanova
*
Joseph Schildkraut
Joseph Schildkraut (22 March 1896 – 21 January 1964) was an Austrian-American actor. He won an Oscar for his performance as Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the film ''The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937); later, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for h ...
as Count Igor Savin
*
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British-American actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.Obituary ''Variety'', 31 December 1986.
Lanchester studied dance as a child and after the Fir ...
as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
*
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas (19 February 1901 – 1 December 1968) was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1926 and 1962, as well as directing 20 films between 1933 and 1962.
Life and career
Haas was born in B ...
as Prince Nickolai Balinin
*
Lenore Ulric
Lenore Ulric (born Lenore Ulrich; July 21, 1892 – December 30, 1970) was a star of the Broadway theatre as well as Hollywood films of the silent-film and early sound era.
Discovered in 1913 by theater director David Belasco, who would go on t ...
as Baroness Kruposny
*
Peter Whitney
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Early years
Whitney was born ...
as Volkoff Overseer
*
Tamara Shayne
Tamara Shayne (25 November 1902 – 23 October 1983), also known as Tamara Nikoulina, was a Russian-born actress and long-time resident in the United States.
Early life
Tamara Shayne was born Tamara Veniaminovna Olkenitskaya on 25 November 1902 i ...
as Olga Natalia's Maid
*
Ernő Verebes
Ernő Verebes (born Ernst Weiss, December 6, 1902 – June 13, 1971) was a Hungarian-American actor who began his career in Hungarian silent films in 1915. During his film career he worked and lived in Hungary, Germany and in the United States. ...
as Kyril Balinin's Aide
* George Sorel as Baron Kruposny
*
Rick Vallin
Rick Vallin (born Eric Efron; September 24, 1919 – August 31, 1977) was an actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1938 and 1966.
Early years
Born in Feodosia, in the Crimea, Russia, Vallin came to the United States at age there ...
as Dovkin
* The American G.I. Chorus as Prisoners
See also
*
List of American films of 1947
The following is a list of American films released in 1947.
''Gentleman's Agreement'' won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
A-B
C-D
E-F
G-H
I-J
K-L
M-N
O-Q
R-S
T-U
V-Z
Documentary
Serials
Shorts
See also
* 1947 i ...
References
External links
*
1947 films
1940s historical musical films
American historical musical films
American Western (genre) films
1947 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Allan Dwan
Films set in California
Films set in the 1830s
Films set in the 19th century
Republic Pictures films
Operetta films
Films scored by Rudolf Friml
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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