Rent The Heat's On (1943)
2.8 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 16min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Screen siren Mae West sparkles in this famous musical comedy featuring a heat wave of beautiful girls, gags, rhythm and romance. Mae West is cast as famous Broadway actress Fay Lawrence, who is starring in a dud play produced by chiseler Tony Ferris (William Gaxton). Swept up in the hype and fame of it all, West betrays her producer who truly loves her for more glitzy opportunities, but will this turn out to be a hoax and will she ever find her feet again in the world of stardom?
- Actors:
- Mae West, Victor Moore, William Gaxton, Lester Allen, Alan Dinehart, Mary Roche, Lloyd Bridges, Almira Sessions, Sam Ash, David Lichine, Leonard Sues, Jack Owens, Joan Thorsen, Hazel Scott, Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra, Xavier Cugat, Leon Belasco, Beatrice Blinn, Boyd Davis, Edward Earle
- Directors:
- Gregory Ratoff
- Producers:
- Gregory Ratoff
- Writers:
- Fitzroy Davis, George S. George, Fred Schiller, Lou Breslow, Boris Ingster
- Aka:
- Tropicana
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- Paramount's Laughing Thirties
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/12/2021
- Run Time:
- 79 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Mae West (1982): television movie biopic directed by Lee Philips, starring Ann Jillian as West, and co-starring James Brolin, Piper Laurie, and Roddy McDowall
- Mae West at UCLA (1971): archival audio recording of the great performer in conversation at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Appreciations by academic and film historian Lucy Bolton and critic and author Christina Newland of West's unique star persona (2021)
- Three Walter Lantz animations featuring caricatures of West and W C Fields: She Done Him Right (1933), The Merry Old Soul (1933), and Hollywood Bowl (1939)
- Super 8 version of 'The Heat's On'
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Image Galleries
- World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
