The Half Naked Truth is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Lee Tracy and Lupe Vélez, with Frank Morgan and Eugene Pallette in support.
[1][2] The plot features Tracy as a carnival pitchman who finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer played by Vélez, into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario portrayed by Morgan.
His latest scheme to attract customers involves promising to reveal the identity of the father (allegedly one of the local town's residents) of his hot-tempered girlfriend, "hootch dancer" Teresita.
Undaunted, Bates promotes Teresita as Princess Exotica, an escapee from a Turkish harem, with Achilles as a eunuch servant and a lion.
When Bates learns of the affair, he quits Farrell's employ and promises to make the first girl whom he sees into a sensation that will eclipse Teresita's stardom.