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"Living It Up" was based on the 1953 Broadway musical "Hazel Flagg" , which was based on the 1937 David O. Selznick-United Artists film "Nothing Sacred" (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40 ). "Nothing Sacred", in turn, was suggested by the short story "Letter to the Editor" by James H. Street. "Nothing Sacred", which was directed by William Wellman, was written by Ben Hecht, who also wrote the book for "Hazel Flagg" and receives onscreen credit for "Living It Up". Carole Lombard played the dying "Hazel" in the 1937 film and Fredric March portrayed "Wally." Sig Ruman played "Dr. Egelhofer" in both the 1937 and 1954 pictures. Dancer Sheree North (1933-2005), in her first significant screen role, also played the star jitterbugger in "Hazel Flagg". Only three songs from the Broadway show are performed in "Living It Up" -"Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York," "How Do You Speak to an Angel?" and "You're Gonna Dance with Me." A snippet of the show's song "Who Is the Bravest" is also heard in the film. HR news items add the following actors to the cast of "Living It Up" : Hazel Boyne, Philo McCollough, Tom Tutwiler, Jack Gaines, Jr., Stuart Holmes, Lucille Lamarr, Lou Brown, Bill Roberts, Helen Dickson, Millicent Patrick and Jane Easton. The appearance of these actors in the final film has not been confirmed. According to a 26 Apr 1954 LAT item, a special preview of the picture was held at George Air Base near Victorville, CA. As noted in a 16 Jul 1954 HR news item, the film then had a special two-day premiere in Atlantic City. Modern sources claim that, at Jerry Lewis' behest, the film was screened in Jun 1954 at the Brown Hotel, where Lewis had performed as a teenager, at Loch Sheldrake in the Catskill Mountains. The picture was re-released in Sep 1965. (AFI)

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