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Writers:
Sig Herzig (writer)
Fred Saidy (writer)
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Release Date:
September 1943 (USA) more
Plot:
Constance Shaw is a dance star on Broadway, Joseph Rivington Reynolds is a keen fan of her. After she is fed up with her friend... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Red Skelton ... Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
Eleanor Powell ... Miss Constance 'Connie' Shaw
Richard Ainley ... Larry West
Patricia Dane ... Suretta Brenton
Sam Levene ... Ed Jackson
Thurston Hall ... Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor

Lena Horne ... Herself
Hazel Scott ... Herself
Jimmy Dorsey ... Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
Helen O'Connell ... Herself
Bob Eberly ... Himself
John Hodiak ... Roy Hartwood
Butterfly McQueen ... Annette
Marjorie Gateson ... Mrs. Alice Spelvin
Andrew Tombes ... Mr. Alfred Spelvin
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
By Hook or by Crook (UK)
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Runtime:
102 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Footage of the "Hawiian Medley" number was taken from Honolulu (1939). more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Who Killed Who? (1943) more
Soundtrack:
Jericho more

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12 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
an uncredited remake, 4 October 2004
Author: jwtinsley from Georgia

No one seems to point out that his film is a remake of an earlier film Buster Keaton made for MGM titled "Spite Marriage", with many of the visual gags pulled directly from that earlier film with almost no changes. So as well as Red Skelton did in this, an earlier genius had done it first. Many of the best sight gags were lifted note-for-note from Keaton. The two films differ greatly in their sub-plots, but the core premise is the same. If you liked this movie, you should seek out the earlier film; a lot of it is genuinely funny. Although not Keaton at his peak (he was hampered by the MGM-imposed studio system), any Keaton is worth seeing.

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