Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

H. Bruce Humberstone

Writers:

Robert Ellis (writer)
Helen Logan (writer)
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Release Date:

26 March 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Place Name In Title | Remake | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Alice Faye	...	Gertrude 'Trudy' Evans
John Payne	...	Johnny Cornell
Jack Oakie	...	Dan Daley
Lynn Bari	...	Bernice Croft
Laird Cregar	...	Sam Weaver
June Havoc	...	Beulah Clancy
Ward Bond	...	Sharkey
Aubrey Mather	...	Douglas Dawson
John Archer	...	Ned Clark
Frank Orth	...	Lou, Bartender at Sharkey's
George Lloyd	...	Foghorn Ryan - Proprietor
Frank Darien	...	Missionary
Harry Hayden	...	Burkham
Eddie Dunn	...	Forman of renovation crew
Charles Cane	...	O'Riley, Policeman
Frank M. Thomas	...	Auctioneer
Kirby Grant	...	Specialty singer
Mary Field	...	Ellie, Cockney Maid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jackie Averill	...	Child dancer (uncredited)
George Barbier	...	Col. Weatherby (uncredited)
Fortunio Bonanova	...	Opera singer (uncredited)
Fred Brown	...	Barker (uncredited)
Marie Brown	...	Roller skating specialty (uncredited)
Ken Christy	...	Paul, Headwaiter (uncredited)
Edward Clark	...	Sam, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Jimmy Clemons Jr.	...	Child dancer (uncredited)
Gino Corrado	...	Opera singer (uncredited)
Esther Dale	...	Aunt Harriet (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Edward Earle	...	Opera House Stage Manager (uncredited)
Lorraine Elliott	...	Singer (uncredited)
James Flavin	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ruth Gillette	...	Singer (uncredited)
Kit Guard	...	Customer at Sharkey's (uncredited)
Bud Jamison	...	Member of Barbershop Quartet (uncredited)
Adele Jergens	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff	...	Opera singer (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch	...	Barfly at Sharkey's (uncredited)
Eric Mayne	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Edward Mundy	...	Preacher (uncredited)
Ted North	...	Dick Greenwood (uncredited)
Bob Perry	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Chorus Boy, Grizzly Bear Number (uncredited)
James Sills	...	Roller skating specialty (uncredited)
John Sinclair	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Jack Stoney	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Larry Valli	...	Barker (uncredited)
Bruce Warren	...	Bit Role (uncredited)

Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone		(as Bruce Humberstone)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Ellis		writer
Helen Logan		writer
Richard Macaulay		writer

Produced by
Milton Sperling	....	producer (as First Lieutenant USMCR Milton Sperling)

Cinematography by
Charles G. Clarke		(as Charles Clarke)
Allen M. Davey		(as Allen Davey)

Film Editing by
Barbara McLean

Art Direction by
James Basevi
Boris Leven

Set Decoration by
Paul S. Fox
Thomas Little

Costume Design by
Helen Rose		(musical sequences)

Makeup Department
Guy Pearce	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Hall	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Joseph E. Aiken	....	sound
Roger Heman Sr.	....	sound (as Roger Heman)
Matt Hovland	....	foley mixer (2008 restoration)

Special Effects by
Fred Sersen	....	special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe

Music Department
George Botsford	....	composer: song "The Grizzly Bear"
Fanchon	....	supervisor of musical sequences
Charles Henderson	....	musical director
Walter Jurmann	....	composer: song "San Francisco"
Emil Newman	....	musical director

Other crew
Henri Jaffa	....	associate technicolor director
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor director
Hermes Pan	....	choreographer
Val Raset	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1943) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Video (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

"I've Gotta Have You" (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Mack Gordon), sung by June Havoc, was deleted from the movie. Miss Havoc's prerecording was released 1976 on the Out Take Records LP (which later would be reissued by DRG), "Cut! Out Takes From Hollywood's Greatest Musicals, Volume One."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "You Bet Your Life: (#6.8)" (1955)

Soundtrack:

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

Alice Faye and John Payne shine in a gloriously tuneful Fox musical shot in breathtaking Technicolor

Of all Alice Faye's 20th Century-Fox musicals, "Hello Frisco, Hello" is probably my favorite. It is certainly the one that deserves to be called enchanting. The only other memorable Faye musicals that come to mind are "On the Avenue"(1937), "Alexander's Ragtime Band"(1938), "That Night in Rio"(1941) and "Wake Up and Live"(1937). "Hello Frisco" is a feast for the eyes and ears, breathtakingly photographed in Technicolor. The colors, the period costumes, and director Bruce Humberstone's nostalgic evocation of San Francisco's Barbary Coast at the turn of the century - are sublime. It also abounds in one gloriously tuneful song or dance number after another. There are lots to choose from including "Strike Up the Band," "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" and "Ragtime Country Joe", but Faye's memorable rendition of "You'll Never Know" is the best of them all. IT works as a perfect combination of Faye's sweet vulnerability and honesty. Faye's co-star John Payne is equally marvellous as Johnny Cornell. Contrary to a previous reviewer's remarks about Payne's stiffness, I didn't find him really that stiff. A bit stoic, maybe, but his Johnny Cornell is in perfect harmony with Faye's sweet Trudy Evans. And I can't imagine anyone else playing that role or doing a better job.

In all, a Glorious delight.