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Too Hot to Handle (1938)Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find the an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazonian Rain Forest. Director:Jack Conway |
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Christopher 'Chris' Hunter
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| Myrna Loy | ... |
Alma Harding
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| Walter Pidgeon | ... |
William O. 'Bill' Dennis
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Walter Connolly | ... |
Arthur 'Gabby' MacArthur, Union Newsreel chief
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Leo Carrillo | ... |
Joselito 'José' Estanza, Hunter's soundman
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Johnny Hines | ... |
Mr. Parsons, Dennis' associate
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Virginia Weidler | ... |
Hulda Harding, Alma's niece
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Betty Ross Clarke | ... |
Mrs. Ruth Harding
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Henry Kolker | ... |
'Pearly' Todd, Atlas Newsreel chief
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Marjorie Main | ... |
Miss Kitty Wayne
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Gregory Gaye | ... |
Popoff
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Al Shean | ... |
'Gumpy' Gumpert
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Willie Fung | ... |
Willie
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Lillie Mui | ... |
Tootsie
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Patsy O'Connor | ... |
'Fake' Hulda
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Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. At first she doesn't trust him, but by a trick he manages to get her hired as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America he manages to change her view of him. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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permitting our expedition to enter the jungles of the Tottiekampu country.
Our thanks also to Chief Moi of the Matawais tribe for allowing us to
record for the first time the sights and sounds of the Djuka Fire Dance
Ritual. See more »
(1887)
Written by Juventino Rosas
Background music on the test film shown to natives See more »
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Clark Gable spent two days working with a newsreel crew to get a feeling for his part. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When Chris is screening the raw footage of the plane crash, it is already completely edited with multiple camera angles and shot with various lenses, even though only one camera was supposedly used to film it, and the footage is supposed to be raw. See more »Quotes
Arthur 'Gabby' MacArthur, Union Newsreel chief: Hunter wouldn't leave his camera if his grandmother was on fire.See more »
Crazy Credits
We wish to thank Her Majesty's Governor of Netherlands Guiana forpermitting our expedition to enter the jungles of the Tottiekampu country.
Our thanks also to Chief Moi of the Matawais tribe for allowing us to
record for the first time the sights and sounds of the Djuka Fire Dance
Ritual. See more »
Soundtracks
"Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)"(1887)
Written by Juventino Rosas
Background music on the test film shown to natives See more »
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