The Lady's in Love With You - Shirley Ross & Bob Hope, w/ Gene Krupa (from "Some Like It Hot") video free download


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Duration: 03:58
Uploaded: 2011/12/28

From 1939's "Some Like It Hot" (aka "Rhythm Romance"), w/ music by Burton Lane & lyrics by Frank Loesser (following hot on the heels of the Loesser-penned Ross/Hope hit, "Two Sleepy People," w/ music by Hoagy Carmichael, from Paramount's pre-Christmas 1938 release, "Thanks for the Memory," itself an attempt to cash in on the ENORMOUS Ross/Hope hit of the same name, from the 1937-filmed "Big Broadcast of 1938"). Paramount, both anxious 2 capitalize on the undeniably appealing screen couple's enormous early success & yet cognizant of the already diminishing returns accruing 2 said couple (tho, in retrospect, the lion's share of blame 4 this state of affairs might more properly be ascribed 2 the shoddy & threadbare nature of the vehicles assigned the putative up-&-comers), rushed this film (obviously NOT the much more famous Marilyn Monroe vehicle of the same name, which would debut some 20 years later & forever thereafter lay claim 2 this film's erstwhile title) into production even as its predecessor was debuting B4 holiday moviegoers in December 1938.

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10 years ago

PalmTreesAndDrumming

A great Movie have it but can,t find it on DVD ?

12 years ago

Poopaloo55

Such a gift. I love everything you post, my friend. Thanks, and thanks again.

12 years ago

David Speed

@Glinkaism1 Thanks, no; just a fan inspired 2 do a bit of digging. Got on a serious SR roll some years back, after 1st seeing her in TFTM. BTW, u can revisit my 4 Ross videos, plus a few others relating 2 her work w/ her 2 most celebrated leading men (who, ironically, scarcely 10 months after SLIH would embark together on the hugely successful "Road" series), at the following playlist: Shirley Ross, with Bing & Bob Or, 4 a more thorough helping of SR highlights: Shirley Ross - Her 15 Minutes

12 years ago

David Speed

@Glinkaism1 My pleasure; not too many people DID hear this one. After the enormous success of SR & BH w/TFTM in "Big Broadcast of 1938," the increasingly threadbare vehicles constructed 4 the pair made Ross's career fizzle almost a self-fulfilling prophecy; Paramount had clearly begun 2 pull the plug on Shirl by the time of this quickie. Still, they rushed it into release 2 try milk the success of the previous film's featured number, "Two Sleepy People" (also Loesser, but w/ Hoagy Carmichael).

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