Hi Diddle Diddle
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| Hi Diddle Diddle | |
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| Directed by | Andrew L. Stone |
| Produced by | Edward Finney (associate producer) Andrew L. Stone (producer) |
| Written by | Edmund L. Hartmann (writer) Frederick J. Jackson (screenplay) Andrew L. Stone (story) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Phil Boutelje |
| Cinematography | Charles Edgar Schoenbaum |
| Editing by | Harvey Manger |
| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Hi Diddle Diddle is a black-and-white American comedy film made in 1943 directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Billie Burke, and (in a rare film appearance) Pola Negri.
The film is also known as Diamonds and Crime (American reissue title).
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[edit] Plot summary
The story is of a bride's mother getting supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor. The groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer while placating a jealous wife.
[edit] Cast
- Adolphe Menjou as Col. Hector Phyffe
- Martha Scott as Janie Prescott Phyffe
- Pola Negri as Genya Smetana
- Dennis O'Keefe as Sonny Phyffe
- Billie Burke as Liza Prescott
- Walter Kingsford as Senator Jummy Simpson
- Barton Hepburn as Peter Warrington III
- Georges Metaxa as Tony Spinelli
- Eddie Marr as Michael Angelo, Croupier
- Paul Porcasi as Impressario
- Bert Roach as Husband, Taxi Cab Bit
- Chick Chandler as Saunders, Hector's Chauffeur
- Lorraine Miller as Director's Friend
- Marek Windheim as Pianist
- Richard Hageman as Boughton
- Ellen Lowe as Flory, the Maid
- Barry Macollum as Angus, the Club Cashier
- Joe Devlin as Dan Hannigan, the Bartender
- Hal K. Dawson as Dr. Agnew, the Minister
- Andrew Tombes as Mike, the Doorman
- Byron Foulger as Watson, the Brokerage Firm Clerk
- Ann Hunter as Sandra
- June Havoc as Leslie Quayle
[edit] Soundtrack
- June Havoc - "I Loved You too Little, too Late" (Written by Phil Boutelje and Foster Carling)
- June Havoc - "The Man with the Big Sombrero" (Written by Phil Boutelje and Foster Carling)
- Pola Negri, Billie Burke, Paul Porcasi, Lorraine Miller and others - "The Pilgrim's Chorus" (from "Tannhäuser" written by Richard Wagner)
- Pola Negri - "Evening Star" (from "Tannhäuser" written by Richard Wagner)
[edit] External links
- Hi Diddle Diddle at the Internet Movie Database
- Hi Diddle Diddle is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
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