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Some Like It Hot (1939)
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19 May 1939 (USA)
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It's SWEET! When Bob and Shirley swing the season's big tune hit "The Lady's in Love With You" (original ad) more
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Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk...
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Dismal early Hope film has Shirley Ross as his singing partner...
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bob Hope | ... | Nicky Nelson |
 | Shirley Ross | ... | Lily Racquel |
| Una Merkel | ... | Flo Saunders |
| Gene Krupa | ... | Gene Krupa |
| Rufe Davis | ... | Stoney |
| Bernard Nedell | ... | Stephen Hanratty |
| Frank Sully | ... | Sailor Burke aka The Living Corpse |
| Bernadene Hayes | ... | Miss Marble |
| Richard Denning | ... | Mr. Weems |
| Clarence Wilson | ... | Mr. Ives |
| Dudley Dickerson | ... | Sam |
| Harry Barris | ... | Harry, Piano Player |
| Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt | ... | Bass Fiddler |
| J. Scott Smart | ... | Joe - Hamburger Man (as Jack Smart) |
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| Gene Krupa and His Orchestra | ... | Orchestra |
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Rhythm Romance (USA) (TV title)
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65 min
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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Version of Shoot the Works (1934)
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BOB HOPE had some weak comedy material in his time but this has got to be one of the worst. At least '39 is the year he also had THE CAT AND THE CANARY which launched his career big time.
Plot is a trifle that has Hope as a down on his luck song composer working at the fairgrounds and finding his luck changes when he meets aspiring singer SHIRLEY ROSS. Ross has a pleasant personality but is pretty bland, serving only to be a foil for Hope's occasional one-liners which have less sting than usual in the trite script.
At least whatever energy the film has is due to GENE KRUPA who gets to beat his drum and lead his band and even has an acting role in this one--but the less said about that the better.
Summing up: As corny and trite as anything Hope ever did at Paramount with only one fairly interesting song getting the spotlight.