Get Hep to Love

1942 film by Charles Lamont

Get Hep to Love

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Directed by| Charles Lamont
Written by| Jay Dratler
M. M. Musselman
Produced by| Bernard W. Burton
Starring| Gloria Jean
Donald O'Connor
Jane Frazee
Robert Paige
Peggy Ryan
Cinematography| L. William O'Connell
Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* October 2, 1942 (1942-10-02)

Running time

| 77 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Get Hep to Love is a 1942 musical film starring Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige and Peggy Ryan. The film was directed by Charles Lamont.

## Plot[edit]

Doris Stanley is an adolescent singer ("14 going on 15") billed as an 11-year-old "child prodigy" by her money-hungry aunt. When Doris finds that her Aunt Addie has reneged on her promise to give her a break from her singing tour, she runs away, and finds herself in a small town. Doris presents herself as a potential adoptee to a young married couple (Ann and Steve Winters). Unbeknownst to Doris, Ann was on the verge of breaking up with Steve due to his preoccupation with golf and refusal to find a real job. Her arrival gives the couple a reason to stay together.

Ann makes both friends and enemies at her new high school, as she vies for the affections of Jimmy, who is stuck on a girl (Elaine) who is toying with him. The school's music teacher, Miss Roberts, takes an interest in Doris when she realizes what a good singing voice she has. A newspaper story appears offering a 5,000 dollar reward for finding the missing Doris. The music teacher makes a trip to the city, ostensibly to claim the reward, but really to find out why Doris ran away. She then claims that the girl she knows is not Doris. The aunt is suspicious and sends a detective to follow her back to the small town.

Meanwhile, Steve is determined to stay with Ann and to keep their adoptive daughter Doris, but he will need some income for the expected court battle. He applies for an insurance job, and successfully talks a stingy client into buying a large policy, thus securing a good commission and a job.

After initially being written out of a music recital, Doris is allowed to perform, wowing the crowd and catching the eye and ear of the detective. The film's climax occurs in the small town courtroom, in which it is revealed that the aunt never properly adopted Doris, and that she is just old enough to freely choose her adoptive parents. She chooses the Winters couple, with the aunt being granted visitation rights. With Jimmy's prospective Prom date down with the mumps (which she caught from another boy), Jimmy sees Doris with new eyes and escorts her to the Prom.

The main cast in this film had also appeared in Gloria Jean's previous film, earlier in 1942, What's Cookin'?. Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, and Peggy Ryan would star in two more films together during 1942-1943: It Comes Up Love, and Mister Big.

## Cast[edit]

* Gloria Jean as Doris Stanley
* Donald O'Connor as Jimmy Arnold
* Jane Frazee as Ann Winters
* Robert Paige as Steve Winters
* Peggy Ryan as Betty Blake
* Edith Barrett as Miss Roberts
* Cora Sue Collins as Elaine Sterling
* Nana Bryant as Aunt Addie
* The Jivin' Jacks and Jills as themselves
* Ray Walker as Gas Station Attendant

## Soundtrack[edit]

Romantic composer Eva Dell'Acqua's song "Villanelle" for coloratura soprano appeared on the soundtrack of the film but was uncredited.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ IMDB listing

## External links[edit]

* Get Hep to Love at IMDb
* Get Hep to Love at AllMovie

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Films directed by Charles Lamont

* Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
* Sons of Steel (1934)
* The Curtain Falls (1934)
* A Shot in the Dark (1935)
* False Pretenses (1935)
* One Run Elmer (1935)
* The Dark Hour (1936)
* Below the Deadline (1936)
* Bulldog Edition (1936)
* August Weekend (1936)
* Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
* International Crime (1938)
* Slander House (1938)
* Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
* Cipher Bureau (1938)
* Long Shot (1939)
* Pride of the Navy (1939)
* Verbena Tragica (1939)
* Little Accident (1939)
* Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
* Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
* Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
* Give Us Wings (1940)
* San Antonio Rose (1941)
* Road Agent (1941)
* Sing Another Chorus (1941)
* Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
* Melody Lane (1941)
* Don't Get Personal (1942)
* Almost Married (1942)
* You're Telling Me (1942)
* Hi, Neighbor (1942)
* Get Hep to Love (1942)
* When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
* It Comes Up Love (1943)
* Mister Big (1943)
* Hit the Ice (1943)
* Fired Wife (1943)
* Top Man (1943)
* Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
* Her Primitive Man (1944)
* The Merry Monahans (1944)
* Bowery to Broadway (1944)
* Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
* That's the Spirit (1945)
* Frontier Gal (1946)
* The Runaround (1946)
* The Untamed Breed (1948)
* Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
* Bagdad (1949)
* Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
* I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
* Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
* Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
* Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
* Flame of Araby (1951)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
* Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
* Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
* Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
* Ricochet Romance (1954)
* Untamed Heiress (1954)
* Carolina Cannonball (1955)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
* Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
* The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
* Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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