Some Like It Hot

George Archainbaud
1939-05-19

Let this show put you in swing with spring!
7.2
65 min

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 Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.

Cast

Name Character Team
Bob Hope Nicky Nelson Unowned
Shirley Ross Lily Racquel Unowned
Una Merkel Flo Saunders Unowned
Gene Krupa Gene Krupa Unowned
Rufe Davis Stoney Unowned
Bernard Nedell Stephen Hanratty Unowned
Frank Sully Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse Unowned
Bernadene Hayes Miss Marble Unowned
Richard Denning Mr. Weems Unowned
Clarence Wilson Mr. Ives Unowned
Dudley Dickerson Sam Unowned
Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt Bass Fiddler Unowned
J. Scott Smart Joe - Hamburger Man Unowned
Bobby Dease Man Unowned
Harry Barris Harry, Piano Player Unowned
Nora Cecil Mrs. Beckett (uncredited) Unowned
Byron Foulger Radio Announcer (uncredited) Unowned
Russell Hopton Barker (uncredited) Unowned