Look-Out Sister

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.

Look-Out Sister
Directed by	Bud Pollard
Starring	Louis Jordan
Production company	Astor Pictures
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60,000

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]

Production

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]

Cast

• Louis Jordan
• Suzette Harbin
• Monte Hawley
• Louise Franklin as Louise Ritchie^[14]
• Glenn Allen
• Tommy Southern