Look-Out Sister is a 1949 [1][ dubious – discuss] film featuring Louis Jordan. Directed by Bud Pollard, it is a satirical, [2] Western-themed musical [3] and " horse opera". [4] The film was produced by Astor Pictures. [4] John E. Gordon wrote the story. The film remains in existence and is available online.
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. [4]
The film was directed by Bud Pollard [9] and Louis Jordan.
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 [10]
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. [11]
The film, called Lookout while in production, was budgeted at $60,000. [12] It was named after Jordan's original song, "Look Out". [4] 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. [12] During filming, Maceo Sheffield was injured after falling off of a horse in a scene where he was "in pursuit of an outlaw band". [13]
Look-Out Sister is a 1949 [1][ dubious – discuss] film featuring Louis Jordan. Directed by Bud Pollard, it is a satirical, [2] Western-themed musical [3] and " horse opera". [4] The film was produced by Astor Pictures. [4] John E. Gordon wrote the story. The film remains in existence and is available online.
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. [4]
The film was directed by Bud Pollard [9] and Louis Jordan.
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 [10]
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. [11]
The film, called Lookout while in production, was budgeted at $60,000. [12] It was named after Jordan's original song, "Look Out". [4] 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. [12] During filming, Maceo Sheffield was injured after falling off of a horse in a scene where he was "in pursuit of an outlaw band". [13]