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The Half Naked Truth

  • 1932
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  • 1 Std. 17 Min.
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Lee Tracy and Lupe Velez in The Half Naked Truth (1932)
Romantic ComedyComedyRomance

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.

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    • Gregory La Cava
  • Drehbuch
    • Gregory La Cava
    • Corey Ford
    • Ben Markson
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Lupe Velez
    • Lee Tracy
    • Eugene Pallette
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    • Regie
      • Gregory La Cava
    • Drehbuch
      • Gregory La Cava
      • Corey Ford
      • Ben Markson
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Lupe Velez
      • Lee Tracy
      • Eugene Pallette
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    • 14Kritische Rezensionen
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      • 2 wins total

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    Lupe Velez
    Lupe Velez
    • Teresita
    Lee Tracy
    Lee Tracy
    • Jimmy Bates
    Eugene Pallette
    Eugene Pallette
    • Achilles
    Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan
    • Merle Farrell
    Shirley Chambers
    Shirley Chambers
    • Gladys aka Ella Beebee
    Franklin Pangborn
    Franklin Pangborn
    • Mr. Wellburton - Hotel Clerk
    Robert McKenzie
    Robert McKenzie
    • Colonel Munday
    Mary Mason
    Mary Mason
    • Miss Mason - Farrell's Secretary
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    James Donlan
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    Jay Eaton
    • Hotel Desk Clerk
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    Si Jenks
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      • Gregory La Cava
    • Drehbuch
      • Gregory La Cava
      • Corey Ford
      • Ben Markson
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    51930s_Time_Machine

    You can like this even if you hate Lee Tracy

    Obviously I don't hate the actor Lee Tracy but I do find his movie persona the most annoying and unlikeable character Hollywood has ever spat out. By virtue of excellent writing his obnoxiousness is made to work perfectly in this surprisingly entertaining picture.

    It was because the detestable Tracy was in this which deterred me from watching this for years but I'm so glad I did. It just goes to show what a difference a good writer and director ( in this case the same guy, Gregory LaCava) can make. It's no great classic but it's perfectly paced with just the right balance between fun and drama. I actually laughed out loud at one point - and that's a rarity for a miserable old sod like me. As much as Tracy is tolerable in this he's still unlikeable so unlike say Cagney, who could have carried this off so much better, he's not a loveable rogue, just a rogue.

    Tracy isn't actually top billed in this, that plaudit goes to Lupe Vélez. If she's looking down on us now I think she'd be both bemused and absolutely delighted to know that ninety years after making this that men would still find her performance so crazily sexy. She really wasn't a very good actress but wow, dressed in the naughtiest outfits of 1932 like a member of The Pussycat Dolls, she really is a sight to behold!
    7audiemurph

    How can you go wrong with Eugene Palatte playing a eunuch?

    The Half-Naked Truth is like a machine gun on steroids, a super-fast paced movie and a stage for Hollywood's greatest carnival barker, Lee Tracy. Tracy spends the entire 75 minutes racing at break-neck speed through miles of monologue - because his character never talks with, only at, those around him - and it's wonderfully exhausting to keep up with him.

    Eugene Palette plays one of the funnier roles I have ever seen him in. He's supposed to be Tracy's assistant, but he's not above pulling his own shenanigans on the side, particularly with respect to giving "private" acting lessons to a rather reluctant hotel maid.

    At least a couple of the other reviewers here, unfortunately, have got the running gag about Pallete's sexuality wrong: as per Tracy's publicity idea, Palette, complete with turban, is fresh out of a Turkish princess's harem. The idea is NOT that he is a woman, but that he is a EUNUCH. And the movie revisits this inside joke a few times, always to the understandable indignation of Mr. Palette himself!

    The plot itself really stretches credibility, but it doesn't matter. It's a fun and quick ride, so just enjoy.
    7hitchcockthelegend

    30 pounds of raw meat.

    The Half Naked Truth is directed by Gregory La Cava who also co-writes the screenplay with Corey Ford from a story by Ben Markson and H.N. Swanson. It stars Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy, Eugene Palette and Frank Morgan. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Bert Glennon.

    A carnival barker and a spunky belly dancer take on the might of Broadway...

    Based on the book The Anatomy of Ballyhoo: Phantom Fame (David Freedman & Harry Reichenbach), The Half Naked Truth is a smart and near caustic observation on the product of celebrity status. While not in the same league as the best of Preston Sturges, it's a film of many pleasures if you have a bent for rapid fire dialogue and scattergun pacing. What unfolds during the story is basically that an energetic Lee Tracy as Bates pulls stunts galore to bluff the whole of Broadway. The ruse is that Velez's belly dancer is actually a foreign princess and Bates engineers openings to stardom because of it. But of course problems are around the corner.

    Sharp performances back up the sharp script and some of the stunts pulled by Bates are very funny. It's something of an acquired taste, as comedy - especially the screwball variety - invariably always is, but this is a good pre-code comedy that has more beneath the surface than is first apparent. 7/10
    8mark_r_harris

    Showcase for A Great Comic Actor

    Lee Tracy, too little known today, is one of the all-time great comic actors and a personal favorite of mine. He was the original Hildy Johnson in The Front Page on Broadway and although his major films are not numerous, each is a delight. Blessed Event with co-star Dick Powell and Bombshell with co-star Jean Harlow are gems long beloved by Thirties film buffs, but even they may not have seen The Half-Naked Truth, which is a pure jolt of the Lee Tracy magic. His physical and vocal presence are uniquely and unmistakably his: the lankily elastic body, the whirling-dervish energy, the sarcastic tone, the long fingers that always seem to be jabbing in someone's direction. There's not another screen actor I can think of who has quite the manic joie de vivre of the young Tracy. In The Half-Naked Truth, he plays a carnival barker and theatrical promoter who will go to any insane lengths to hog headlines (a very contemporary figure for us!). He's paired with Lupe "Mexican Spitfire" Velez, who proves to be an extremely apt partner for him; you believe in these two together, and that makes their final scene surprisingly emotional. (Tracy's magnetism definitely has its romantic aspect; watching Bombshell, an audience can be driven to heights of frustration waiting for Tracy and Harlow to realize that they are, in fact, perfect for one another.) The wonderful ending of The Half-Naked Truth also crystallizes the Tracy credo in a single line: "What good is life if you don't get some fun out of it?" You can have some of that fun by watching this film.
    7goblinhairedguy

    Ribald shenanigans

    This wonderfully ribald pre-code comedy is slightly schizophrenic in style. The first half is a breakneck-paced, rollicking sequence of frantic melees and stinging one-liners, not unlike Lee Tracy's other triumphs of the time, The Front Page and Blessed Event. Once the cast settles in on Broadway, the pace slows and the humour is more characteristic of director LaCava -- absurd situational comedy set up with deliberate pace and milked for effect. Although quite funny in its own right, this section seems to drag in comparison with the opening reels -- it may have worked better in a packed cinema than on the tube.

    In any case, this is a must-see for fans of pre-code antics -- there's no way it could have been made three years later. Tracy is terrific in his patented role as a fast-talking con artist, and Lupe Velez is a more lurid version of her Mexican Spitfire -- her minimal costumes rival those of a Busby Berkeley chorus girl. Frank Morgan is perfect as a libidinous Ziegfeld type, Franklin Pangborn is everyone's favourite fastidious concierge, and Eugene Pallette is victim to a hilarious running gag about his gender which alone is worth the price of admission -- he also has a unique method for tutoring fledgling Ophelias. There's an intriguing look at the 30s' conception of nudism, to boot.

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      Composer Max Steiner plays the conductor of the Broadway show. (He also can be seen conducting the studio orchestra in the opening titles of RKO's Girl Crazy (1932) the same year.)
    • Patzer
      Shirley Chambers' onscreen character name is "Gladys", but she says her name is "Ella Beebee". She is never called Gladys.
    • Zitate

      James 'Jimmy' Bates: And one more thing, you give them what they think they want and they'll want what they think you give them. As we say in trigonometry, A-B-C ,1-2-3, 2 and 2 makes 4.

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Great Performances: Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      O! Mister Carpenter
      (1932) (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Edward Eliscu

      Music by Harry Akst

      Performed several times by Lupe Velez, often with Lee Tracy on piano

      Also used as background music

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 16. Dezember 1932 (Vereinigte Staaten)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprachen
      • Englisch
      • Spanisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • The Half-Naked Truth
    • Drehorte
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(Studio)
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      • RKO Radio Pictures
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