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)

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:

Memo to the exchange managers and exhibitors and also sniped to the pressbook from 20th Century-Fox: CORRECTION! Please eliminate the following credits on "Hello, Frisco, Hello": George Barbier... from the cast. Hermes Pan... as co-stager of the dance sequences.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

Soundtrack:

The Sailor's Hornpipe

Hello, Alice

Totally delightful Fox musical in glowing Technicolor with many lavishly staged songs. (My particular favorite is `Ragtime Cowboy Joe') The only new tune is an Oscar-winner - `You'll Never Know' sincerely rendered by Alice Faye. On the dancing side there's a sneak-preview of `Starlight Express' with a number on roller skates proving that there's nothing new under the sun.

It is easy to see why Alice was such a bright star for so long; she has looks, charm and a beautiful deep singing voice. On the other hand I've never really warmed to John Payne, I find him very stiff and he does nothing to change my opinion here. Laird Cregar overacts outrageously to great effect cast against his usual menacing or sinister type.

`Hello, Frisco, Hello' is actually a reworking of 1935's `King of Burlesque' which also featured Jack Oakie and Alice Faye. What the film is not is any sort of feminist tract. We are expected to believe that Alice's character, beautiful and talented enough to conquer London's West End Musical Mecca, is incomplete without the love of Payne's Barbary Coast promoter, a cad who has previously dropped her callously to marry a socialite for her status in the community.

However, nuances of character are hardly the thing in these Hollywood musicals and I can assure you that `Hello, Frisco, Hello' is a total treat.