The Naughty Nineties
67 %|Jun 20, 1945|Comedy
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.
Featured Crew
John Grant
Screenplay
Jean Yarbrough
Director
Edmund L. Hartmann
Screenplay
Edgar Fairchild
Music Director
Milton Feld
Executive Producer
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Lloyd Akridge
Music
George Robinson
Director of Photography
Cast
Bud Abbott
Dexter Broadhurst
Lou Costello
Sebastian Dinwiddle
Alan Curtis
Mr. Crawford
Rita Johnson
Bonita Farrow
Henry Travers
Capt. Sam Jackson
Lois Collier
Miss Caroline Jackson
Joe Sawyer
Bailey
Joe Kirk
Croupier
Bill Alcorn
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Audley Anderson
Card Player (uncredited)
Jack Barbee
Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)
Suzanne Lee Bastian
Baby (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Townsman (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)
Milt Bronson
Gambler (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
Croupier (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Gilded Cage Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Coffey
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Bing Conley
Croupier (uncredited)
Tony Dell
Croupier (uncredited)
William Desmond
Showboat Customer (uncredited)
Dolores Evers
Girl in High-Wire Act (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Wounded Gambler (uncredited)
Sid Fields
Gag Man (uncredited)
Rainbow Four
Singers (uncredited)
Jack Frack
Croupier (uncredited)
Jack Frost
Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
Parker Garvie
Croupier (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Dealer (uncredited)
Rita Gould
Girl in Water Gag (uncredited)
William E. Green
Minstrel (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
Carol Hughes
Tessie (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Croupier (uncredited)
Warren Jackson
Card Player (uncredited)
Ralph Johns
Croupier (uncredited)
Ben Johnson
Coach Driver (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Townsman (uncredited)
Shirley Karnes
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Croupier (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Riverboat Gambler (uncredited)
William W. Larsen
Magician (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Card Player (uncredited)
Ann Lawrence
Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)
Rex Lease
Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
Townswoman (uncredited)
Max Linder
Riverboat Gambler (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Billy Boy (uncredited)
Chick Madden
Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Matt - Cook-Waiter (uncredited)
Charles McNally
Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Troupe Member (uncredited)
Bud O'Connor
Croupier (uncredited)
Artie Ortego
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Overman
Gambling Room Guard (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Gilded Cage Hostess (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
Croupier (uncredited)
Torchy Rand
Singing Specialty (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Waiter (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Man in Water Gag (uncredited)
Sue Robin
Topsy (uncredited)
Henry Russell
Croupier (uncredited)
Sarah Selby
Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)
Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Ronald Stanton
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Irene Thomas
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Henry - Ironville Citizen (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe
Croupier (uncredited)
Jack Worth
Croupier (uncredited)
Lillian Yarbo
Effie - Bonita's Cook (uncredited)