Hi Diddle Diddle

Hi Diddle Diddle is a black-and-white American comedy film made in 1943 directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Billie Burke, and (in a rare film appearance) Pola Negri.

The film is also known as Diamonds and Crime (American reissue title).

Plot summary

The story is of a bride's mother getting supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor. The groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer while placating a jealous wife.

Cast

• Adolphe Menjou as Col. Hector Phyffe
• Martha Scott as Janie Prescott Phyffe
• Pola Negri as Genya Smetana
• Dennis O'Keefe as Sonny Phyffe
• Billie Burke as Liza Prescott
• Walter Kingsford as Senator Jummy Simpson
• Barton Hepburn as Peter Warrington III
• Georges Metaxa as Tony Spinelli
• Eddie Marr as Michael Angelo, Croupier
• Paul Porcasi as Impressario
• Bert Roach as Husband, Taxi Cab Bit
• Chick Chandler as Saunders, Hector's Chauffeur
• Lorraine Miller as Director's Friend
• Marek Windheim as Pianist
• Richard Hageman as Boughton
• Ellen Lowe as Flory, the Maid
• Barry Macollum as Angus, the Club Cashier
• Joe Devlin as Dan Hannigan, the Bartender
• Hal K. Dawson as Dr. Agnew, the Minister
• Andrew Tombes as Mike, the Doorman
• Byron Foulger as Watson, the Brokerage Firm Clerk
• Ann Hunter as Sandra
• June Havoc as Leslie Quayle

Soundtrack

• June Havoc - "I Loved You too Little, too Late" (Written by Phil Boutelje and Foster Carling)
• June Havoc - "The Man with the Big Sombrero" (Written by Phil Boutelje and Foster Carling)
• Pola Negri, Billie Burke, Paul Porcasi, Lorraine Miller and others - "The Pilgrim's Chorus" (from "Tannhäuser" written by Richard Wagner)
• Pola Negri - "Evening Star" (from "Tannhäuser" written by Richard Wagner)

External links

• Hi Diddle Diddle at the Internet Movie Database
• Hi Diddle Diddle is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]