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Plot

Before sitting down to watch Love and Hisses, it's important to know that columnist Walter Winchell and bandleader Ben Bernie were engaged in a phony but highly publicized feud in the late 1930s. For the purposes of this film, the source of the Winchell-Bernie contretemps is pretty nightclub singer Simone Simon. Secretly signing the girl to a contract, Bernie spreads rumors that the girl has no talent, knowing full well that his "friendly enemy" Winchell will then give her a huge build-up in his newspaper column. Upon finding out that he's been hoodwinked, Winchell gets even by having Bernie kidnapped by a gang of phony hoodlums. With all this going on, it's easy to forget that legendary Broadway clown Bert Lahr is also in Love and Hisses.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Family,Musicals
Run Time:
83min.
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox
Director(s):
Sidney Lanfield
Starring:
Walter Winchell , Ben Bernie , Simone Simon , Bert Lahr , Joan Davis
Keywords:
behind-the-scenes,con/scam,love,music,songwriter