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{{short description|1943 film by H. Bruce Humberstone}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Hello, Frisco, Hello
| image          = Hellofriscohello1943.JPG
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[H. Bruce Humberstone]]
| producer       = [[Milton Sperling]]
| writer         = [[Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892)|Robert Ellis]]<br />[[Helen Logan]]<br />[[Richard Macaulay]]
| starring       = [[Alice Faye]]<br>[[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]]<br>[[Lynn Bari]]<br>[[Jack Oakie]]<br>[[Laird Cregar]]<br>[[June Havoc]]
| music          =
| cinematography = [[Charles G. Clarke]]<br />[[Allen M. Davey]]
| editing        = [[Barbara McLean]]
| distributor    = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released       = {{Film date|1943|03|11}}
| runtime        = 99 minutes
| color_process  = [[Technicolor]]
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =$1,667,200<ref name="laird">{{cite book|last=Mank|first=Gregory William|publisher=McFarland|date=2018|title=Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy}}</ref>
|gross = $2,855,000 (US rentals)<ref name=AllTime>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-time Film Rental Champs|date=October 15, 1990|page=M162 to 166}}</ref><br>$4,370,500<ref name="laird"/>
}}
'''''Hello, Frisco, Hello''''' is a 1943 American [[musical film]] directed by [[H. Bruce Humberstone]] and starring [[Alice Faye]], [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]], [[Lynn Bari]], and [[Jack Oakie]]. The film was made in [[Technicolor]] and released by [[20th Century-Fox]]. This was one of the last musicals made by Faye for Fox, and in later interviews Faye said it was clear Fox was promoting [[Betty Grable]] as her successor. Released during [[World War II]], the film became one of Faye's highest-grossing pictures for Fox.
The film tells the story of [[vaudeville]] performers in [[San Francisco]], during the period of the 1915 [[Panama Pacific Exposition]] when [[Alexander Graham Bell]] made the [[First transcontinental telephone call|first transcontinental phone call]] from [[New York City]] to San Francisco. The movie introduced the song "[[You'll Never Know]]", which was sung by Alice Faye and won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. Although Faye never made an official recording of the song, it is often named as her [[signature song]]. ''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' was also nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Color Cinematography]], losing to ''[[Phantom of the Opera (1943 film)|Phantom of the Opera]]''.
The opening sequence, in its entirety, is used in the film ''[[Nob Hill (1945 film)|Nob Hill]]'' (1945), as is the basic plot.
This film is a remake of ''[[King of Burlesque]]'' (1936).
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Alice Faye]] as Trudy Evans
* [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]] as Johnny Cornell
* [[Jack Oakie]] as Dan Daley
* [[Lynn Bari]] as Bernice Croft
* [[Laird Cregar]] as Sam Weaver
* [[June Havoc]] as Beulah Clancy
* [[Ward Bond]] as Sharkey
* [[Aubrey Mather]] as Douglas Dawson
* [[John Archer (actor)|John Archer]] as Ned Clark
* [[Frank Orth]] as Sharkey's bartender, Lou
* [[George Lloyd (actor)|George Lloyd]] as Foghorn Ryan
* [[Frank Darien]] as Missionary
* [[Harry Hayden]] as Burkham
* [[Eddie Dunn (actor)|Eddie Dunn]] as Forman of Renovation Crew
* Charles Cane as O'Riley, Policeman
}}
==Reception==
The film made a profit of $1,233,200.<ref name="laird"/>
==Accolades==
The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2004: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]]:
** "[[You'll Never Know]]" – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees |access-date=2016-07-30 |archive-date=2015-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417023552/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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[[Category:1943 films]]
[[Category:1943 musical comedy films]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox films]]
[[Category:American musical comedy films]]
[[Category:Films that won the Best Original Song Academy Award]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by H. Bruce Humberstone]]
[[Category:Films set in California]]
[[Category:Films set in San Francisco]]
[[Category:Films set in 1915]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1910s]]
[[Category:Jukebox musical films]]
[[Category:1940s American films]]
[[Category:English-language musical comedy films]]
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