Higher and Higher (1943)
With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street...
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Mike O'Brien -
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Cyrus Drake -
Mickey -
Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor -
Sandy Brooks -
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Katherine Keating -
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Mrs. Whiffin
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Director:
Tim WhelanWriters:
Jay Dratler (screen play), Ralph Spence (screen play), William Bowers (additional dialogue), Howard Harris (additional dialogue), Gladys Hurlbut (based on the musical play "Higher And Higher": book by), Joshua Logan (based on the musical play "Higher And Higher": book by)All Cast & Crew
Awards
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Trivia
Only one Rodgers and Hart song, "Disgustingly Rich," was incorporated from the stage version. While it was standard practice in the 1940s to jettison stage scores for a handful of new songs, often contributed by various songwriters, in the case of Higher and Higher (1943), RKO actually commissioned an entirely new, full-length score from Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson that proved to be a distinct improvement on the Rodgers and Hart original, one of their lesser stage efforts.
Quotes
Cyrus Drake:
Would you say I was inebriated last night?
Byngham:
Oh no, sir. Although you did have Whiffen cook you six pancakes and you spent an hour trying to play them on the Victrola.
Cyrus Drake:
Mmm...how'd they sound?
Byngham:
Much better after you put the syrup on.
Goofs
During the song "when it comes to love you're on your own" (c.62 minutes) the doorways have no panes of glass in them on the lower rows, as the house staff join in the song.
Soundtracks
Symphony No.6 in B Minor (Pathétique), Op.74(1893) (uncredited)
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
First movement played on piano by Victor Borge with an orchestra joining as background music
Then played while Frank Sinatra sings "Lovely Way to Spend an Evening"
Storyline
Plot Summary
Genres
Comedy | Musical | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
December 1943Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$600,000 (estimated)
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