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Some Like It Hot (1939)

Overview

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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George Archainbaud profile
George Archainbaud

Director

Lewis R. Foster profile
Lewis R. Foster

Screenplay

Cast

Bob Hope profile
Bob Hope

Nicky Nelson

Shirley Ross profile
Shirley Ross

Lily Racquel

Una Merkel profile
Una Merkel

Flo Saunders

Gene Krupa profile
Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa

Rufe Davis profile
Rufe Davis

Stoney

Bernard Nedell profile
Bernard Nedell

Stephen Hanratty

Frank Sully profile
Frank Sully

Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

Bernadene Hayes profile
Bernadene Hayes

Miss Marble

Richard Denning profile
Richard Denning

Mr. Weems

Clarence Wilson profile
Clarence Wilson

Mr. Ives

Dudley Dickerson profile
Dudley Dickerson

Sam

Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt profile
Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt

Bass Fiddler

Bob Hope profile
Bob Hope

Nicky Nelson

Shirley Ross profile
Shirley Ross

Lily Racquel

Una Merkel profile
Una Merkel

Flo Saunders

Gene Krupa profile
Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa

Rufe Davis profile
Rufe Davis

Stoney

Bernard Nedell profile
Bernard Nedell

Stephen Hanratty

Frank Sully profile
Frank Sully

Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

Bernadene Hayes profile
Bernadene Hayes

Miss Marble

Richard Denning profile
Richard Denning

Mr. Weems

Clarence Wilson profile
Clarence Wilson

Mr. Ives

Dudley Dickerson profile
Dudley Dickerson

Sam

Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt profile
Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt

Bass Fiddler

Extra

Release Date

May 19, 1939

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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