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Belle Of The Yukon (1944)

• Director
  • William A. Seiter
• Writers
  • Houston Branch(story)
  • James Edward Grant(screenplay)
• Stars
  • Randolph Scott
  • Gypsy Rose Lee
  • Dinah Shore

  Belle Of The Yukon is standard backstage musical fare, featuring Randolph Scott as a reformed con man who has fled north from the law and opened a successful dancehall/ gambling establishment in the upper reaches of Malamute. Meanwhile, his former lover Belle (Gypsy Rose Lee), who he deserted when he went on the lam, arrives as part of a new show troupe and finds her ex-boyfriend's new ways powerfully attractive. But Lettie Candless (Dinah Shore) also has designs on our hero. A thin plot and light characterizations are kept afloat by bouncy performances, glitzy production, and the usual clutch of sprightly musical numbers.