Hello, Frisco, Hello

Hello, Frisco, Hello is a 1943 American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Jack Oakie. The film was made in Technicolor and released by 20th Century-Fox. This was one of the last musicals made by Faye for Fox, and in later interviews Faye said it was clear Fox was promoting Betty Grable as her successor. Released during World War II, the film became one of Faye's highest-grossing pictures for Fox.

Hello, Frisco, Hello
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	H. Bruce Humberstone
Written by	Robert Ellis Helen Logan Richard Macaulay
Produced by	Milton Sperling
Starring	Alice Faye John Payne Lynn Bari Jack Oakie Laird Cregar June Havoc
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke Allen M. Davey
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Color process	Technicolor
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	March 11, 1943 (1943-03-11)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,667,200[1]
Box office	$2,855,000 (US rentals)[2] $4,370,500[1]

The film tells the story of vaudeville performers in San Francisco, during the period of the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition when Alexander Graham Bell made the first transcontinental phone call from New York City to San Francisco. The movie introduced the song "You'll Never Know", which was sung by Alice Faye and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Although Faye never made an official recording of the song, it is often named as her signature song. Hello, Frisco, Hello was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography, losing to Phantom of the Opera.

The opening sequence, in its entirety, is used in the film Nob Hill (1945), as is the basic plot.

This film is a remake of King of Burlesque (1936).

Cast

• Alice Faye as Trudy Evans
• John Payne as Johnny Cornell
• Jack Oakie as Dan Daley
• Lynn Bari as Bernice Croft
• Laird Cregar as Sam Weaver
• June Havoc as Beulah Clancy
• Ward Bond as Sharkey
• Aubrey Mather as Douglas Dawson
• John Archer as Ned Clark
• Frank Orth as Sharkey's bartender, Lou
• George Lloyd as Foghorn Ryan
• Frank Darien as Missionary
• Harry Hayden as Burkham
• Eddie Dunn as Forman of Renovation Crew
• Charles Cane as O'Riley, Policeman

Reception

The film made a profit of $1,233,200.^[1]

Accolades

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

• 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
  • "You'll Never Know" – Nominated^[3]

References

1. Mank, Gregory William (2018). Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy. McFarland.
2. "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
3. "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2016-07-30.

External links

Metadata

• Hello, Frisco, Hello at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Hello, Frisco, Hello at the TCM Movie Database
• Hello, Frisco, Hello at AllMovie
• Hello, Frisco, Hello at Box Office Mojo
• Hello, Frisco, Hello at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hello, Frisco, Hello at IMDb