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6.8/10   51 votes
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Director:
Paul Sloane
Writers:
Guy Bolton (play)
Bert Kalmar (play)
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Release Date:
4 May 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Plot:
Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Aged Wheeler & Woolsey Musical more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Bert Wheeler ... Sparrow
Robert Woolsey ... Professor Cunningham
June Clyde ... Ruth Chester
Hugh Trevor ... Billy Shannon
Dorothy Lee ... Anita
Ivan Lebedeff ... The Baron
Marguerita Padula ... Gypsy Queen
Mitchell Lewis ... Julius
Jobyna Howland ... Fannie Hurst
Raymond Maurel
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color (2-strip Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Flapper: You're Americans, aren't you?
Professor Cunningham: Yes, yes, but we can't lend you any money.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Lady Consents (1936) more
Soundtrack:
Good Bye more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Aged Wheeler & Woolsey Musical, 2 February 2000
7/10
Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA

A kidnapped heiress & a daring pilot. A wicked baron & an evil gypsy king. A wealthy matron & a cute young Romany. Not to mention a couple of fake psychics who are as crazy as THE CUCKOOS in any clock.

This ancient musical was Wheeler & Woolsey's 2nd film (Bert Wheeler is the little curly-haired guy; Robert Woolsey is the skinny bespectacled one). The Boys are always fun to watch, and they've got some good songs, but when they're off screen the film groans badly. However, it must be said that the massive Jobyna Howland is a great Dumont-esque foil for them & more than holds her own.

The Boys' frequent kewpie-doll co-star, Dorothy Lee, is on hand - and in Wheeler's arms. Ivan Lebedeff is OK as the villain. The romance between June Clyde & Hugh Trevor is dull stuff.

Three early Technicolor scenes are included and they are easy on the eyes. Some of the musical numbers seem to exist solely for the purpose of exhibiting the RKO chorus girls in various stages of undress.

Wondering what a band of Eastern European gypsies are doing in Northern Mexico? In films like this you don't ask questions like that...

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