- The Strawberry Blonde
Infobox Film | name = The Strawberry Blonde
caption = Original Movie Poster
director =Raoul Walsh
producer = Executive ProducerHal B. Wallis
Associate Producer
William Cagney
writer = Play:
James Hagan
Script:
Julius J. Epstein Philip G. Epstein
starring =James Cagney Olivia de Havilland Rita Hayworth Jack Carson
music = Heinz Roemheld
cinematography =James Wong Howe
editing =William Holmes
distributor =Warner Bros. Pictures
released =February 21 1941
runtime = 97 min.|
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0034236
amg_id = A47256"The Strawberry Blonde" was a 1941
Warner Brothers feature film starringJames Cagney andOlivia de Havilland . It was nominated for anAcademy Award in 1941 for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The film features songs such as "Bill Bailey", "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie," and "And the Band Played On".ynopsis
In 1890s
New York City , Biff Grimes (James Cagney ) falls in love with society girl andstrawberry blonde Virginia Brush (Rita Hayworth ). However, Biff's more enterprising "pal" Hugo Barnstead (Jack Carson ) wins Virginia's affections. Biff ends up marrying Virginia's less glamorous best friend, Amy Lind (Olivia de Havilland ), whom Biff eventually realizes was the right one for him all the time.Cast
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James Cagney as T. L. 'Biff' Grimes
*Olivia de Havilland as Amy Lind
*Rita Hayworth as Virginia Brush
*Alan Hale as William 'Old Man' Grimes
*Jack Carson as Hugo Barnstead
*George Tobias as Nicholas Pappalas
*Una O'Connor as Mrs. Timothy Mulcahey
*George Reeves as Harold
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