Red Hot and Blue

6
1949 1 hr 24 min Comedy , Crime , Music

A Broadway director rescues a starlet from mobsters who blame her for a shooting.

  • Cast:
    Betty Hutton , Victor Mature , William Demarest , June Havoc , Jane Nigh , Frank Loesser , William Talman

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Reviews

Hellen
1949/09/05

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Alicia
1949/09/06

I love this movie so much

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VeteranLight
1949/09/07

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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FuzzyTagz
1949/09/08

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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weezeralfalfa
1949/09/09

This little-remembered Betty Hutton B&W musical farce actually includes an excellent sampling of Betty at her zaniest, and certainly should be sought by all of her fans. Currently, you can enjoy it at YouTube. Her first zany performance accompanies the song "I Wake up in the Morning Feeling Fine", composed by Frank Loesser, who composed all 4 of the featured songs. The idea is that Betty awakens early, full of energy, in contrast to her 2 roommates Sandra(June Havoc) and NoNo(Jane Nigh). Betty does all she can to encourage them to wake up, including dumping them out of bed. Later, Betty sings and dances raucously to "That's Loyalty" when auditioning for a part in a play. When she attends a rehearsal of "Hamlet", she does an raucous alternative interpretation of Ophelia. Later, in an apartment, she sings the romantic ballad "Now that I Need You".William Demarest, as Charlie, sets Betty up with a middle-aged millionaire: Alex, who tries to paw her in the back seat of a car. Later, his wife arrives at the restaurant where they are. Being used to seeing him with a young blond on his arm, she pours ice water on Betty, to 'cool her off'. Betty retaliates by smashing a cream pie in her face....Later, Betty goes to the apartment of a gangster posing as a show producer. After trying to seduce her, he is shot dead by an unknown assassin. As a result, she's in trouble with the police and his fellow gangsters.I don't believe Victor Mature(Danny) was miscast as Betty's boyfriend, as several reviewers suggest. He was handsome and muscular. and had costarred with Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth in musicals. You couldn't have Howard Keel as her costar in every picture! Besides, his muscles came in handy when rescuing Betty from the gangsters. This latter segment is quite amusing if you like slapstick. It begins with Betty yelling as loud as she could the song "Now that I Need You", which Mature serendipitously hears while cruising outside the apartment. He gains entry by posing as a piano tuner,(of all things). It didn't take long to decide that he was a phony, wherein he starts a brawl with the gangsters. Eventually, he manages to untie Betty, who then joins the slugfest, throwing heavy loose items, dumping a barrel of molasses on them, turning a fire hose on them, and using her martial arts training. She even accidentally knocks out Mature after the others are subdued.

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mark.waltz
1949/09/10

Betty Hutton is a chorus girl hoping for a big break who is all of a sudden the target of the mob. She recounts her story for the gangsters (and the audience) of how she got involved. It includes lecherous producers, backers and a loyal boyfriend (Victor Mature), and features several wacky numbers, including a burlesque of "Hamlet" that refers to the story of Shakespeare's classic play with the lyrics, "And the name of this omelet is Hamlet!" (And you thought "Gilligan's Island"'s Hamlet parody was camp!) Typically, this "omelet" really could have laid an egg itself, but thanks to Hutton's vivacity (which everybody came to expect in her films), it doesn't. June Havoc ("Gypsy's" real-life Dainty June) plays a secondary role, an irony over the fact that Hutton later played her mother in a summer stock production of that classic Jule Style/Stephen Sondheim musical. Broadway's Frank Loesser, who later wrote songs for the gangsters of "Guys and Dolls", wrote the music for this, and plays a featured role.

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stoneyburke
1949/09/11

"'Starring Betty Hutton' is the clue to watch or not to watch, that is the question." This particular movie is even sillier than her usual stuff. But I had some fun...I even liked the songs and I did so appreciate her "Give It All" delivery. Admittingly I couldn't have a steady diet of her films but I liked this one.As been stated in the summary she so wants to be a great actress..her publicity agent William Demarest (not Frawley) is really over the top and winds up getting her into dangerous situations. She gets mixed up with the mob, and all that fun stuff but never fear, Betty will prevail.The huge weakness was pairing her with Victor Mature. I understand it was Paramount's call but still...there was no chemistry even tho' good old Betty tried her best but Victor looked like a fish out of water but being this movie was a bit of fluff it made no difference.Bottom line...if you're at all a fan of Betty's sit back and watch and listen to her sing and then run and watch something really dark!

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SGriffin-6
1949/09/12

There's not much to this film other than star Betty Hutton herself. The production values are minimal, the storyline (about a small theatre company trying to hit the big time) is simultaneously convoluted and unengaging. And your guess is as good as mine as to what the title has to do with anything (taken from a relatively successful Cole Porter stage production, there is *nothing* here by Cole Porter).But, if you like Betty Hutton, you'll probably enjoy the film. It isn't as key a film in her career as "Annie Get Your Gun," "The Perils of Pauline," or "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek," but it certainly gives her plenty of room to showcase her manic comic ability and her own (shall we say) unique way of putting over a number. You just haven't experienced Betty Hutton until you've seen her perform a four-minute musical encapsulation of "Hamlet." Fasten your seat belts and hold onto the arm rests, because she is dialed up to eleven throughout the piece. Everytime you think she can't get anymore over the top, she manages to push even farther! This number alone makes the entire film worthy of some interest.

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