The Half Naked Truth (1932)
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A broad lampoon of celebrity worship, The Half-Naked Truth stars Lee Tracy as a carnival huckster and Lupe Velez as a "kootch" dancer. Reaching for the moon, Tracy passes Lupe off as an exotic foreign princess--and manages to pull the wool over the eyes of all Manhattan. Now "famous… More A broad lampoon of celebrity worship, The Half-Naked Truth stars Lee Tracy as a carnival huckster and Lupe Velez as a "kootch" dancer. Reaching for the moon, Tracy passes Lupe off as an exotic foreign princess--and manages to pull the wool over the eyes of all Manhattan. Now "famous for being famous", Lupe is employed for special appearances by Ziegfeldish impresario Frank Morgan. When the fraud is revealed to the world, Tracy returns to the carnival, with Lupe (who's loved him since Reel One) at his side. Half-Naked Truth co-stars Eugene Pallette as Tracy's assistant; the bullfrog-voiced Pallette has a wonderful moment in which he discovers that he's been mistaken for "Princess" Lupe's head eunuch! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gregory La Cava
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 16, 1932 Wide
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Cast
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Lupe Velez
as Teresita
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Lee Tracy
as Jimmy Bates
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Eugene Pallette
as Achilles
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Frank Morgan
as Merle Farrell
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Bob McKenzie
as Col. Munday
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Shirley Chambers
as Gladys
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James Donlan
as Carnival Press Agent
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Si Jenks
as Townsman
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Mary Mason
as Farrell's Secretary
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Franklin Pangborn
as Wolverton Hotel Manager
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Thomas E. Jackson
as Marshall
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Charles Dow Clark
as Sheriff