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The Hot Heiress
The Hot Heiress
Directed by	Clarence G. Badger
Screenplay by	Herbert Fields
Starring	Ben Lyon; Ona Munson; Walter Pidgeon; Tom Dugan; Holmes Herbert; Inez Courtney
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Thomas Pratt
Music by	Leon Rosebrook
Production; company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 28, 1931;
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Hot Heiress is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Herbert Fields, with three songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.^[1] The film stars Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon, Tom Dugan, Holmes Herbert and Inez Courtney. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 28, 1931.^[2]

Plot

Hap Harrigan is a construction worker who spots socialite Juliette through a window of the building next door and is instantly smitten. She falls for him as well and they begin a romance. But since her family wouldn't approve, she tells them he's actually an architect. Things get sticky when the man she broke up with plans to sabotage their impending engagement.

Cast

Ben Lyon as 'Hap' Harrigan
Ona Munson as Juliette
Walter Pidgeon as Clay
Tom Dugan as Bill Dugan
Holmes Herbert as Mr. Hunter
Inez Courtney as Margie
Thelma Todd as Lola
Nella Walker as Mrs. Hunter

Reception

Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times said, "Under the rather self-consciously moviesque title of The Hot Heiress, the team of Fields, Rodgers and Hart offer at the Strand a musical comedy romance of poverty and riches. The story is too fragile and stale even for the films, whatever Mr. Fields may have read about screen stories, but the comedy is bright and the tunes are in the gay and lilting Rodgers and Hart manner."^[3]

Preservation status

A copy resides in the Library of Congress collection.^[4] On April 4, 2018, Warner Archive released it as a Region 1 made-on-demand DVD. It also airs occasionally on Turner Classic Movies.