Never Say Die (1939)
- Directed by
- Elliott Nugent
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy man pretends to be dying to avoid a forced marriage. Hilarity ensues as his scheme gets complicated.
light-heartedupbeatplayfulromanticcomedicsillybreezyold-fashioned
What happens
Never Say Die is a 1939 American romantic comedy film starring Martha Raye and Bob Hope. Based on a play of the same title by William H. Post and William Collier Sr., which ran on Broadway for 151 performances in 1912, the film was directed by Elliott Nugent and written for the screen by Dan Hartman, Frank Butler and Preston Sturges. The supporting cast features Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Sig Ruman and Monty Woolley. The Post/Collier play had previously been adapted in 1924 as a silent film of the same name and was remade as the 2004 South Korean film Someone Special. Other films with the same or similar titles are not related. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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