The Strawberry Blonde is a 1941 Warner Bros. feature film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland, and featuring Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson and George Tobias. The picture was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941 for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and features songs such as "Bill Bailey", "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie," and "The Band Played On". The title is most often listed with the The, but the film's onscreen titles and all its posters and promotional materials call it simply Strawberry Blonde. Director Walsh remade the film in 1948 as One... Sunday Afternoon. In 1890s New York City, Biff Grimes falls in love with society girl and strawberry blonde Virginia Brush . However, Biff's more enterprising "pal" Hugo Barnstead wins Virginia's affections. Biff ends up marrying Virginia's less glamorous best friend, Amy Lind , whom Biff eventually realizes was the right one for him all the time. Both the director of Strawberry Blonde, Raoul Walsh, and its star James Cagney came to the project looking for a change of pace.
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| Release date: | 1941 |
| Directed by: | Raoul Walsh |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Producer: | William Cagney, Hal B. Wallis |
| Editor: | William Holmes |
| Music by: | Heinz Eric Roemheld |
| Cinematography: | James Wong Howe |
| Screenplay by: | James Hagan, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein |
| Genre: | Comedy |