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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1939Movie⏱️ 1h 5mApproved
ComedyMusicalRomance
6.6
IMDB Rating
343 votes

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The ...

Director
George Archainbaud
Writers
Ben Hecht, Gene Fowler, Lewis R. Foster
Stars
Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel
Release Date
May 19, 1939
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 7
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Ocean Park Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

retributionreprisalremorsedesperationdetermination

🎯 Categories

ComedyMusicalRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Meet Nicky Nelson
by lugonian2014-11-27
6/10

"SOME LIKE IT HOT (Paramount, 1939), directed by George Archainbaud, stars the now legendary comedian, Bob Hope, in one of his lesser known movie projects with a classic movie title. Bearing no relation to the 1959 Billy Wilder United Artists comedy, SOME LIKE IT HOT, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in a story set during the roaring twenties about a couple of hapless musicians who, after witnessing a gangland killing, elude gangsters involved by disguising themselves as women in an all-girl band. No doubt that sort of story would have been ideal Bob Hope material. Instead, ..."

💡 Did You Know?

When this movie was sold to MCA for TV consumption in 1958, the title was changed to "Rhythm Romance" in order to distinguish it from the better known 1959 Billy Wilder classic bearing the same title.

📖 Synopsis

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The ...