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The Heat's On

  • 19431943
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
354
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POPULARITY
75,239
14,663
The Heat's On (1943)
ComedyMusical
When his biggest star joins a rival's show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back.When his biggest star joins a rival's show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back.When his biggest star joins a rival's show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
354
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
75,239
14,663
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Gregory Ratoff
    • Writers
      • Fitzroy Davis(original screenplay)
      • George S. George(original screenplay)
      • Fred Schiller(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Mae West
      • Victor Moore
      • William Gaxton
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gregory Ratoff
    • Writers
      • Fitzroy Davis(original screenplay)
      • George S. George(original screenplay)
      • Fred Schiller(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Mae West
      • Victor Moore
      • William Gaxton
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    • 13User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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  • Photos15

    Mae West in The Heat's On (1943)
    Mae West in The Heat's On (1943)
    The Heat's On (1943)
    William Gaxton, Victor Moore, and Mae West in The Heat's On (1943)
    William Gaxton and Mae West in The Heat's On (1943)
    Mae West in The Heat's On (1943)
    William Gaxton, Victor Moore, and Mae West in The Heat's On (1943)
    The Heat's On (1943)
    The Heat's On (1943)
    The Heat's On (1943)
    The Heat's On (1943)
    Victor Moore and Mae West in The Heat's On (1943)

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    Mae West
    Mae West
    • Fay Lawrence
    Victor Moore
    Victor Moore
    • Hubert Bainbridge
    William Gaxton
    William Gaxton
    • Tony Ferris
    Lester Allen
    Lester Allen
    • Mouse Beller
    Alan Dinehart
    Alan Dinehart
    • Forrest Stanton
    Mary Roche
    • Janey Adair
    Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges
    • Andy Walker
    Almira Sessions
    Almira Sessions
    • Hannah Bainbridge
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Frank
    David Lichine
    • Specialty Dancer
    Leonard Sues
    • Trumpet Player
    Jack Owens
    • Jack
    Joan Thorsen
    Joan Thorsen
    • Singer
    Hazel Scott
    Hazel Scott
    • Hazel Scott - Organ Player
    Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
    Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
    • Cugat Orchestra
    Xavier Cugat
    Xavier Cugat
    • Orchestra Leader
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • Shore - the Agent
    • (uncredited)
    Beatrice Blinn
    Beatrice Blinn
    • Babette
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gregory Ratoff
    • Writers
      • Fitzroy Davis(original screenplay)
      • George S. George(original screenplay)
      • Fred Schiller(original screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was Mae West's final film until Myra Breckinridge (1970) 27 years later.
    • Goofs
      On a wall of a producer's office is a presumably old publicity shot of Fay wearing an elaborate headdress that she doesn't actually wear until she performs a musical number later in film for an entirely new production staged by rival producer.
    • Quotes

      Fay Lawrence: [In the finale, Hello, Mi Amigo:] If you want things put in order, come and see me, south of the border.

    • Soundtracks
      I'm Just a Stranger in Town
      (1943)

      Music by Jay Gorney

      Lyrics by Henry Myers and Edward Eliscu

      Copyright 1944 by Mills Music Inc.

      Performed by Mae West (uncredited) in the show "Indiscretions"

    User reviews13

    Review
    Top review
    They Done Her Wrong!
    Turner Classic Movies just unearthed this turkey from their vaults and, being a fan of Mae West (though not an avid one), I thought I'd give it a whirl. Big mistake! (i.e., Big disaster!) After it had unspooled, TCM's host, Robert Osborne, revealed that producer-director Gregory Ratoff had somehow obtained Mae's signature on a contract to appear in this film without her seeing a completed script. When she did get an astonished look at what she was supposed to headline, she was "furious" according to Osborne, and promptly went to work rewriting most of her scenes, adding a few (but not enough) of her trademark witticisms.

    The story is more than silly and takes little advantage of Miss West's star power, and, except for Hazel Scott's interpolated production numbers, there's almost no one else in the cast to match Mae's wattage. But she looks great, slinking around in Walter Plunkett's fancifully fantastic creations and Franz Planer's glossy black-and-white cinematography makes the most of the second-tier production values typical of a Columbia Pictures programmer.

    Poor Victor Moore is required to portray a pathetic boob, intimidated by a battleaxe of a sister, quite effectively embodied by one Almira Sessions. The ingénue, played by Mary Roche, probably didn't elicit many wolf whistles when this dud was shown to the troops during WW II; Lloyd Bridges has a really small role as her swain (in uniform, of course); and there's an actor named Lester Allen, playing a character appropriately called Mouse Beller, who could only be cast in a role with that moniker.

    Mae West quit performing before the cameras (going back to the stage and touring with her fabled nightclub act) and didn't make another picture until "Myra Breckenridge" in 1970 (and she was arguably the best thing in that crazy curiosity). This one is only for those fans who want to get a look at what Hollywood thought it could get away with during the wartime years.
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    • Apr 25, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 2, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Tropicana
    • Production companies
      • Gregory Ratoff Productions
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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