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6.3/10   54 votes
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Writers:
Bert Kalmar (story) and
Harry Ruby (story)
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Release Date:
13 June 1934 (USA) more
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Cast

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Joe E. Brown ... Happy Howard / Chuck Howard
Patricia Ellis ... Alice Madison
Dorothy Burgess ... Babe
Don Dillaway ... Jack Oakley
Gordon Westcott ... Frank
Charles C. Wilson ... Charlie Sheldon
Harry Woods ... Ajax
Ronnie Cosby ... Dickie
John Sheehan ... Moxley
Spencer Charters ... Kingsley
Tom Dugan ... Mac (scenes deleted)
Earle Hodgins ... Circus Barker
Gordon Evans ... Undetermined Role
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Bobby Caldwell ... Happy as a Boy (scenes deleted)
William B. Davidson ... (scenes deleted)
William Demarest ... (scenes deleted)
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Runtime:
63 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Valurile Dunarii (Danube Waves) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Joe E. Brown Flips, Flies and Twirls, 17 April 2001
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Author: rsyung from United States

This is the first Joe E. Brown film I've seen, other than "Some Like It Hot"( which, of course, falls into a whole other category, that of "classic")and although it is a rather dated and pedestrian comedy of the 30s, it has a certain innocent charm. I especially appreciated the fact that he did most of the stunts in the film. He had been a circus acrobat embarking on a film career, and it is apparent. A subplot involving a female impersonator, and "Happy's" infatuation with her/him is not as outre as it sounds, becoming merely a prank played on him by the (clearly) masculine impersonator. Still, an interesting curio in terms of what was highly popular with moviegoers of the mid-1930s, and a movie younger kids might find quite hilarious.

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