Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)

Director:

H. Bruce Humberstone

Writers:

Robert Ellis (writer)
Helen Logan (writer)
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Release Date:

26 March 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress. |

Plot Keywords:

Quartet | Turn Of The Century | Heiress | Singer | Pants Falling Down

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Alice Faye	...	Trudy Evans
John Payne	...	Johnny Cornell
Jack Oakie	...	Dan Daley
Lynn Bari	...	Bernice Croft
Laird Cregar	...	Sam Weaver
June Havoc	...	Beulah Clancy
Ward Bond	...	Sharkey
Aubrey Mather	...	Douglas Dawson
John Archer	...	Ned Clark
Frank Orth	...	Lou, Bartender at Sharkey's
George Lloyd	...	Foghorn Ryan - Proprietor
Frank Darien	...	Missionary
Harry Hayden	...	Burkham
Eddie Dunn	...	Forman of Renovation Crew
Charles Cane	...	O'Riley, Policeman
Frank M. Thomas	...	Auctioneer
Kirby Grant	...	Specialty Singer
Mary Field	...	Ellie, Cockney Maid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jackie Averill	...	Child Dancer (uncredited)
George Barbier	...	Col. Weatherby (uncredited)
Fortunio Bonanova	...	Opera Singer (uncredited)
Fred Brown	...	Barker (uncredited)
Marie Brown	...	Roller Skating Specialty (uncredited)
Ken Christy	...	Paul, Headwaiter (uncredited)
Edward Clark	...	Sam, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Jimmy Clemons Jr.	...	Child Dancer (uncredited)
Gino Corrado	...	Opera Singer (uncredited)
Esther Dale	...	Aunt Harriet (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Edward Earle	...	Opera House Stage Manager (uncredited)
Lorraine Elliott	...	Singer (uncredited)
James Flavin	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ruth Gillette	...	Singer (uncredited)
Kit Guard	...	Customer at Sharkey's (uncredited)
Bud Jamison	...	Member of Barbershop Quartet (uncredited)
Adele Jergens	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff	...	Opera Singer (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch	...	Barfly at Sharkey's (uncredited)
Eric Mayne	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Edward Mundy	...	Preacher (uncredited)
Ted North	...	Dick Greenwood (uncredited)
Bob Perry	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Chorus Boy, Grizzly Bear Number (uncredited)
James Sills	...	Roller Skating Specialty (uncredited)
John Sinclair	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Jack Stoney	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Larry Valli	...	Barker (uncredited)
Bruce Warren	...	Bit Role (uncredited)

Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone		(as Bruce Humberstone)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Ellis		writer
Helen Logan		writer
Richard Macaulay		writer

Produced by
Milton Sperling	....	producer (as First Lieutenant USMCR Milton Sperling)

Original Music by
David Buttolph		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Charles G. Clarke		(as Charles Clarke)
Allen M. Davey		(as Allen Davey)

Film Editing by
Barbara McLean

Art Direction by
James Basevi
Boris Leven

Set Decoration by
Paul S. Fox
Thomas Little

Costume Design by
Helen Rose		(musical sequences)

Makeup Department
Guy Pearce	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Hall	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Joseph E. Aiken	....	sound
Roger Heman Sr.	....	sound (as Roger Heman)

Special Effects by
Fred Sersen	....	special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe
Eugene Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department
Fanchon	....	supervisor of musical sequences
Charles Henderson	....	musical director
Emil Newman	....	musical director
Charles Henderson	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Alfred Newman	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Walter Scharf	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Henri Jaffa	....	associate technicolor director
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor director
Hermes Pan	....	choreographer
Val Raset	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1943) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Video (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• NovaStar Digital  post-production sound services

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Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The movie is a remake of King of Burlesque (1936), starring Warner Baxter. Alice Faye and Jack Oakie play the same roles (i.e. the "heroine" and the "hero's sidekick") that they played in the previous film.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "You Bet Your Life: Episode #6.8" (1955)

Soundtrack:

When You Wore a Tulip (and I Wore a Big Red Rose)

What a pleasure! Maltin is wrong----

I don't know what is wrong with Leonard Maltin, giving this 2 stars and calling it a big comedown for the stars. This is one of my favorite musicals starring Alice Faye and she has never been so beautifully filmed in technicolor. Her costumes, hair styles and hats, are gorgeous as is the way she is made up.

Jack Oakie and June Havoc are joyous in their comic musical numbers. John Payne plays his ambitious, clueless, social climbing saloon keeper well enough. The opening number "Hello, Frisco, Hello" going right on into "You'll Never Know" is beautifully staged. Forever after this song was introduced in this film, it was Alice Fayes signature song and thousands of WWII couples danced and dreamed to it. Lynn Bari is also gorgeous as the rich femme fatale from Nob Hill that comes between Payne and Faye. But the story is secondary to the songs and stars.

A real pleasure that I keep in my permanent collections of films of the Golden Era. 8/10