Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Jack Hively |
| Producer(s) | |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Top Topics | |
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Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Jack Hively .
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Musical Monday: Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
on Mar 21, 2016 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: “Four Jacks and a Jill... Read full article
Musical Monday: Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
on Mar 21, 2016 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: “Four Jacks and a Jill... Read full article
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The first starring film role of June Havoc, sister of Gypsy Rose Lee.
Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Charles Arnt (Drunk), Mary Gordon (Landlady), 'Eddie Dunn' (Policeman) and Frank Mills (Policeman). In addition, James Burke and Matt McHugh were listed as cast members in some news items, but they were not seen in the movie either.
Desi Arnaz's autobiography suggests that the director of this film, Jack Hively, was a complete idiot who knew nothing about directing despite the fact that he was an editor before he took the job. Hively - despite not being mentioned by name in the book - would reportedly embarrass actors and put them through several long takes of the same monologues from the same angle knowing that there would have to be cuts to other angles made at some point.
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Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Charles Arnt (Drunk), Mary Gordon (Landlady), 'Eddie Dunn' (Policeman) and Frank Mills (Policeman). In addition, James Burke and Matt McHugh were listed as cast members in some news items, but they were not seen in the movie either.
Desi Arnaz's autobiography suggests that the director of this film, Jack Hively, was a complete idiot who knew nothing about directing despite the fact that he was an editor before he took the job. Hively - despite not being mentioned by name in the book - would reportedly embarrass actors and put them through several long takes of the same monologues from the same angle knowing that there would have to be cuts to other angles made at some point.
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