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The Hot Heiress

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Wikipedia article




'The Hot Heiress' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Herbert Fields, with three songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/6356?sid The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:'The Hot Heiress'] The film stars Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon, Tom Dugan, Holmes Herbert and Inez Courtney. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 28, 1931.

Plot



Hap Harrigan is a construction worker who spots socialite Juliette through a window of the building next door and is instantly smitten. She falls for him as well and they begin a romance. But since her family wouldn't approve, she tells them he's actually an architect. Things get sticky when the man she broke up with plans to sabotage their impending engagement.

Cast



* Ben Lyon as 'Hap' Harrigan

* Ona Munson as Juliette

* Walter Pidgeon as Clay

* Tom Dugan as Bill Dugan

* Holmes Herbert as Mr. Hunter

* Inez Courtney as Margie

* Thelma Todd as Lola

* Nella Walker as Mrs. Hunter

Reception



Mordaunt Hall of 'The New York Times' said, "Under the rather self-consciously moviesque title of 'The Hot Heiress', the team of Fields, Rodgers and Hart offer at the Strand a musical comedy romance of poverty and riches. The story is too fragile and stale even for the films, whatever Mr. Fields may have read about screen stories, but the comedy is bright and the tunes are in the gay and lilting Rodgers and Hart manner."

Preservation status



* A copy resides in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress' (<-book title) p.83 c.1978 by The American Film Institute On April 4, 2018, Warner Archive released it as a Region 1 made-on-demand DVD. It also airs occasionally on Turner Classic Movies.

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