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The Half-Naked Truth: Directed by Gregory La Cava. With Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy, Eugene Pallette, Frank Morgan. A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.
The Half Naked Truth is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Lee Tracy and Lupe Vélez, with Frank Morgan and Eugene Pallette in support. Directed by Gregory La Cava, it was released on December 16, 1932 by RKO Radio Pictures.
The Half-Naked Truth. Jimmy Bates (Lee Tracy), a carnival barker, decides to spice up a dance act by spinning a melodramatic story about the exotic dancer's jilted mother.
The Half Naked Truth is based, albeit loosely, on the shenanigans of real-life press agent Harry Reichenbach.
A carnival barker and a spunky belly dancer take on the might of Broadway... Based on the book The Anatomy of Ballyhoo: Phantom Fame (David Freedman & Harry Reichenbach), The Half Naked Truth is a smart and near caustic observation on the product of celebrity status.
A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (Morgan). Starring Lupe...
Gregory La Cava directed The Half-Naked Truth, a pre-Code comedy featuring Lee Tracy as carnival pitchman who finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer played by Lupe Vélez, into a major Broadway revue. The film was released on December 16, 1932, by RKO Radio Pictures.
