Some Like It Hot (1939 film)

Infobox Film
name = Some Like It Hot


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director = George Archainbaud
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writer = Play:
Ben Hecht
Gene Fowler
Screenplay:
Wilkie C. Mahoney
Lewis R. Foster
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starring = Bob Hope
Shirley Ross
Gene Krupa
music =
cinematography = Karl Struss
editing = Edward Dmytryk
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = 19 May fy|1939
runtime = 65 minutes
country = United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0031950

"Some Like It Hot" is a 1939 comedy film starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, and Gene Krupa. The movie was directed by George Archainbaud, and the screenplay was written by Wilkie C. Mahoney and Lewis R. Foster, based on the play "The Great Magoo" by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler, which performed briefly on Broadway in 1932. [ibdb title|11690|The Great Magoo] The film was released the year before "Road to Singapore" converted theatre and radio star Hope into a huge movie box office draw. It was reissued for television in fy|1958 as "Rhythm Romance".

Aside from the title, taken from a nursery rhyme, this film bears no relation to the 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe released two decades later.

Cast

*Bob Hope as Nicky Nelson
*Shirley Ross as Lily Racquet
*Una Merkel as Flo Saunders
*Gene Krupa as Himself
*Rufe Davis as Stoney
*Bernard Nedell as Stephen Hanratty
*Frank Sully as Sailor Burke
*Bernadene Hayes as Miss Marble
*Richard Denning as Mr. Weems

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External links

*imdb title|0031950