Louisiana is a 1947 American drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Jimmie Davis, Margaret Lindsay and John Gallaudet. Davis, a singer and Governor of Louisiana, came to Karlson, wanting to be in movies and Monogram Pictures agreed to finance one based on his life. Karlson says the film helped Davis get re-elected.Todd McCarthy and Richard Thompson. “Phil Karlson: Interview, November 19, 1973” Kings of the Bs; Working Within the Hollywood System, eds. Todd McCarthy and Charles Flynn (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1975), pp. 327-345. Rpt. Cine Resort, Oct. 7 2014
Plot The music-loving fourteen-year-old son of a Louisiana sharecropper determines to get a good education. He goes on to enjoy success as a gospel singer and culminates his rise by being elected Governor.
Cast Jimmie Davis as Jimmie Davis Margaret Lindsay as Alvern Adams John Gallaudet as Charlie Mitchell Freddie Stewart as Freddie Stewart Dottye Brown as Laura Ralph Reed as Jimmie Davis as a Boy Russell Hicks as Fred Astor Lee 'Lasses' White as Old Timer John Harmon as Steve Tristram Coffin as Tomlins Eddy Waller as Mr. Davis Mary Field as Mrs. Davis Joseph Crehan as Neilson Charles Lane as McCormack
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External links
Louisiana at TCMDB