I Wake Up Screaming
| I Wake Up Screaming | |
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 I Wake Up Screaming, also called Hot Spot |
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| Directed by | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Produced by | Milton Sperling |
| Written by | Steve Fisher (novel) Dwight Taylor |
| Starring | Betty Grable Victor Mature Carole Landis Laird Cregar |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | United States: November 14, 1941 |
| Running time | 82 min |
| Language | English |
I Wake Up Screaming (originally titled Hot Spot) is a 1941 film noir.[1] It is based on the novel of the same name by Steve Fisher, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dwight Taylor. The film stars Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis, and features one of Grables's few dramatic roles.
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[edit] Plot
A young promoter, Frankie Christopher (Mature), is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn (Landis), a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
Frankie hides out with Vicky's sister Jill (Grable), with whom he is falling in love, but is eventually captured and interrogated by the cops. An obsessive police officer, Cornell, knows that Frankie is innocent but because the evidence is completely incriminating, he tries to put the suspect behind bars anyway. Frankie escapes and eventually finds the murderer's true identity.
[edit] Cast
- Betty Grable as Jill Lynn
- Victor Mature as Frankie Christopher
- Carole Landis as Vicky Lynn
- Laird Cregar as Ed Cornell
- Alan Mowbray as Robin Ray
- Allyn Joslyn as Larry Evans
- Elisha Cook, Jr. as Harry Williams
- Chick Chandler as Reporter
- Cyril King as Reporter
- Morris Ankrum as Asst. District Attorney
- Charles Lane as Florist
- Frank Orth as Caretaker
- Gregory Gaye as Headwaiter
- Mae Beaty as Mrs. Handel
[edit] Remake
The film was remade in 1953 as Vicki.[1]
[edit] Alternate title
I Wake Up Screaming was previewed for the press on October 16, 1941 under the title Hot Spot.[2]
[edit] Music
The film's score was made up of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and the theme from the 1931 film Street Scene, written by Alfred Newman.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mayer, Geoff and Brian McDonnell. Encyclopedia of film noir (2007: Greenwood Publishing Company). page 226. ISBN 9780313333064
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78883/I-Wake-Up-Screaming/
- ^ Beck, Jay and Tony Grajeda. Lowering the Boom: Critical Studies in Film Sound (2008: University of Illinois Press). page 114. ISBN 0252075323
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