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22 April 1933 (USA) morePlot:
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey play a couple of broke, hungry vaudevillians who are holed up in a hotel room with a few (tame) lions... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Africa
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Beautiful Woman
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Wheeler and Woolsey's most notorious film moreCast
(Credited cast)| Robert Woolsey | ... | Alexander | |
| Bert Wheeler | ... | Wilbur | |
| Raquel Torres | ... | Leader of Amazon Women | |
| Esther Muir | ... | Mrs. Johnson-Martini | |
| Berton Churchill | ... | President | |
| Henry Armetta | ... | Street Cleaner | |
| Spencer Charters | ... | Doctor |
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[Tarzana and Wilbur are coming out of her tree hut and are seen by Alexander]Alexander: Where were you last night? What happened? Whose fault was it? Answer me yes or no!
Wilbur: Yes.
Alexander: Just as I expected. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Wilbur: I was up a tree.
Alexander: Yeah? What were you doing?
Wilbur: I was doing all right.
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This is another classic in Wheeler and Woolsey's long line of slapstick films. However, it is one of the more difficult ones to obtain a copy of. I managed to get the non-TV print (which is 54 minutes) and mine runs 65 minutes. The story, or better, the excuse for their burlesque humor is pretty weak this time. Wheeler and Woolsey play out of work vaudeville performers who are at the end of the line. Their only income stems from their exploitation of several large lions (don't ask). For some reason, they are invited to film an epic African movie on location, and this is officially where the story ends and the sexual double entendres enter. Dorothy Lee is missed, but Raquel Torres (from DUCK SOUP) is pretty good playing a female type of Tarzan. My favorite scenes are where Wheeler and Woolsey encounter a bear in Africa, and the very strange all-female tribe of "Africans." For Wheeler and Woolsey fans, this ranks very high on the must-see list. Also, I think this is their only film not produced by RKO, instead being done at Columbia Pictures.