The Heat's On

1943

Action / Comedy / Musical

2
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 505 505

old unix musical

Plot summary

Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.

Director

Gregory Ratoff Photo
Gregory Ratoff

Top cast

Harry Harvey Photo
Harry Harvey as Harry - Tony's Accountant
Edward Earle Photo
Edward Earle as One of Fay's Writers
Victor Moore Photo
Victor Moore as Hubert Bainbridge
Lloyd Bridges Photo
Lloyd Bridges as Andy Walker
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725.84 MB
1280*964
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 2
1.32 GB
1424*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tavm 5 / 10

Despite her above-the-title billing, Mae West isn't the focus of The Heat's On

Well, after 40 years of reading about this movie, my curiosity has finally been settled! Her last movie before this one-My Little Chickadee-having been released three years previous, Mae West makes one more picture before taking a 27-year sabbatical from Hollywood. However, because she didn't write her material like before, she doesn't have much witty lines and in fact, has small screen time despite her above-the-title billing which she shared with William Gaxton and Victor Moore, both of whom have more scenes. It's with Moore that Ms. West has her one good scene with as she manages to get him drunk while he reveals the crux of the plot. Otherwise, this film is just an excuse to provide musical numbers of either Mae, Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra, or the excellent singing and piano skills of Hazel Scott and excellent Ms. Scott really is! If anyone makes this picture worth seeing, she does! P.S. Lloyd Bridges has a small role as a soldier who visits his girlfriend played by Mary Roche who's only appearance on film this was.
Reviewed by dglink 5 / 10

The Heat was Turned Way Down

Although Mae West receives first billing, she is not on screen long enough to make this misfire worth seeing. Even when she is on display and looking svelte and glamorous at 50, her lines lack the double-entendres and sly delivery of her best work. The silly goings on in this back-stage "comedy" revolve around financing a theatrical production with money from a blue-nose group whose goal is to suppress such shows. The plot is muddled at best, ridiculous at worst, and the cast lacks either a romantic lead such as Cary Grant or a comic like W.C. Fields for Miss West to play off. The production numbers for the most part are forgettable, even when Mae West delivers the songs. The one exception is the dazzling piano playing by Hazel Scott. Her number with two pianos is nothing short of astonishing and almost makes the dreck one has to endure before her appearance almost bearable. Unfortunately, Scott has only two numbers, but mercifully the film ends rather abruptly not long after she exits the screen. "The Heat's On" is certainly an ironically mis-titled film considering the heat that West generated in her early work, and the movie is only for die-hard West fans who are interested in seeing everything that she appeared in. Entertainment seekers and non-West fans beware.
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