Hello, Everybody! Explained

Hello, Everybody!
Director:William A. Seiter
Producer:William LeBaron
Screenplay:Lawrence Hazard
Fannie Hurst
Dorothy Yost
Starring:Kate Smith
Randolph Scott
Sally Blane
Charley Grapewin
George Barbier
Wade Boteler
Julia Swayne Gordon
Editing:James Smith
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:69 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$2 million

Hello, Everybody! is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Lawrence Hazard, Fannie Hurst, and Dorothy Yost. The film stars Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, Charley Grapewin, George Barbier, Wade Boteler and Julia Swayne Gordon. The film was released on February 17, 1933, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2]

Plot

The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding many of the farms; Kate is holding out; if Kate sells, everyone else will sell; if Kate refuses, the rest of the town will refuse as well. Randolph Scott meets Kate's beautiful sister, Sally Blane, at a dance. Randolph Scott, as it turns out, is an agent for the power company. Kate thinks he's just using Sally; Sally believes that he truly likes her. Randolph comes to the farm and appears to woo Kate. Kate remains unconvinced about selling out, but falls for Randolph.

Production

The film cost over $2 million to make.

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Movie Review - Hello Everybody - Kate Smith's Picture. - NYTimes.com. The New York Times. February 24, 2015.
  2. Web site: Hello, Everybody!. afi.com. February 24, 2015.