Never_Say_Die_(1939_film)
Never Say Die (1939 film)
1939 film by Elliott Nugent
Never Say Die is a 1939 American romantic comedy film starring Martha Raye and Bob Hope. Based on a play of the same title by William H. Post and William Collier Sr.,[1] which ran on Broadway for 151 performances in 1912,[2] the film was directed by Elliott Nugent and written for the screen by Dan Hartman, Frank Butler and Preston Sturges. The supporting cast features Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Sig Ruman and Monty Woolley.
The Post/Collier play had previously been adapted in 1924 as a silent film of the same name[3] and was remade as the 2004 South Korean film Someone Special. Other films with the same or similar titles are not related.