Some Like It Hot (1939)
Some Like It Hot (1939)
Let this show put you in swing with spring!
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.

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Cast

Bob Hope Bob Hope As: Nicky Nelson
Shirley Ross Shirley Ross As: Lily Racquel
Una Merkel Una Merkel As: Flo Saunders
Gene Krupa Gene Krupa As: Gene Krupa
Rufe Davis Rufe Davis As: Stoney
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Storyline

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.


Tagline: Let this show put you in swing with spring!
Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance

Language: English

Release Date: 19 May 1939

Country: US

Runtime: 65m

Company Credits

Company: Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Nicky Nelson

Shirley Ross

Shirley Ross

Lily Racquel

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Flo Saunders

Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa

Rufe Davis

Rufe Davis

Stoney

Bernard Nedell

Bernard Nedell

Stephen Hanratty

Frank Sully

Frank Sully

Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

Bernadene Hayes

Bernadene Hayes

Miss Marble

Richard Denning

Richard Denning

Mr. Weems

Clarence Wilson

Clarence Wilson

Mr. Ives

Dudley Dickerson

Dudley Dickerson

Sam

Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt

Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt

Bass Fiddler

J. Scott Smart

J. Scott Smart

Joe - Hamburger Man

Bobby Dease

Bobby Dease

Man

Harry Barris

Harry Barris

Harry, Piano Player

Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton

Barker (uncredited)

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Writing Credits

Frank Loesser

Frank Loesser

Lyricist

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Theatre Play

Gene Fowler

Gene Fowler

Theatre Play

Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster

Screenplay

Wilkie C. Mahoney

Wilkie C. Mahoney

Screenplay

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Writer

Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Visual Effects

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Camera

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Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

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