Hideaway Girl

Hideaway Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Archainbaud
Screenplay byDavid Garth
Joseph Moncure March
Produced byA.M. Botsford
StarringShirley Ross
Robert Cummings
Martha Raye
Monroe Owsley
Elizabeth Russell
Louis Da Pron
CinematographyGeorge T. Clemens
Ted Tetzlaff
Edited byArthur P. Schmidt
Music byFriedrich Hollaender
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 20, 1936 (1936-11-20)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hideaway Girl is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and written by David Garth and Joseph Moncure March. The film stars Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings, Martha Raye, Monroe Owsley, Elizabeth Russell and Louis Da Pron. The film was released on November 20, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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Cummings was cast when Lew Ayres refused to play the role.[4]

Reception

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Frank Nugent of The New York Times said, "Miss Martha Raye, the lusty lark of Paramount's roster of curiosa, has her starring moment in Hideaway Girl, current at the Rialto. Some one in our circle has suggested that the explosive Miss Raye has but one opportunity left—to swallow a stick of dynamite and light the fuse, distributing her animated self over a Paramount set. In Hideaway Girl Miss Raye falls sadly short of this mark, contenting herself, in her own peculiar form of vociferation, with expressing her preference for "Liszt, Beethoven or Bach" over the current manifestation of vo-de-o-do. She expresses this preference with swing dance gestures."[5]

The Picturegoer's Lionel Collier wrote "it all wears very thin and becomes distinctly boring towards the end. This sense of boredom is not helped by the singing of Miss Raye, the lady who rivals Joe E. Brown in mouth appeal. Shirley Ross sings pleasingly as a contrast, and Bob Cummings makes a passable hero.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Hideaway Girl (1936) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  2. ^ Hideaway Girl Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 3, Iss. 25, (Jan 1, 1936): 217.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 October 2024). "Movie Star Cold Streaks: Robert Cummings". Filmink. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  4. ^ NEWS OF THE SCREEN: Don Marquis and Friends Sell a Play -- Akim Tamiroff A New Sherlock for the Screen. New York Times ]22 Aug 1936: 6.
  5. ^ Nugent, Frank S. (1937-01-13). "Movie Review - The Eternal Mask - THE SCREEN; ' The Eternal Mask,' a Drama of Psychoanalysis, Opens At the Filmarte-Hideaway Girl' at the Rialto". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  6. ^ Collier, Lionel (April 1, 1939). "Reviews by Lionel Collier". Picturegoer Weekly. p. 26. ProQuest 1771207300.
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