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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
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26 December 1941 (USA) moreTagline:
AT LAST IT'S ON THE SCREEN! Greater than the Stage Show!Plot:
Ole and Chick are making a movie, but the director is not satisfied. So he brings them to a young writer... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
You think the Marx Brothers were anarchic? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ole Olsen | ... | Ole Olsen |
| Chic Johnson | ... | Chic Johnson |
| Martha Raye | ... | Betty Johnson |
 | Hugh Herbert | ... | Quimby |
| Jane Frazee | ... | Kitty Rand |
| Robert Paige | ... | Jeff Hunter |
| Mischa Auer | ... | Pepi |
| Richard Lane | ... | Director |
| Lewis Howard | ... | Woody Taylor |
| Clarence Kolb | ... | Andrew Rand |
| Nella Walker | ... | Mrs. Rand |
| Shemp Howard | ... | Louie |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | Harry Selby |
| Frank Darien | ... | Man calling for Mrs. Jones |
| Catherine Johnson | ... | Lena, Lady looking for Oscar |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Fun Stuff
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Continuity: Betty picks up a rifle with a bayonet attached, but in the next shot it's a double-barreled shotgun. moreSoundtrack:
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For those who feel the Marxes were the last word in over the top hollywood product, I heartily recommend this adaptation of the Broadway show that made Ole and Johnson such a huge sensation, albiet briefly. This one has non-stop gags (not all of which work), and is unlike anything I have ever seen the studio system produce. H.C. Potter is credited with the direction, but its hard to imagine him doing more than assembling the cast each morning and saying "Okay folks - go nuts!"
A habitue of the 60s might describe this as a Crosby and Hope road picture on acid, but that's missing the point. Audiences embraced this thing in part because it represented an exhausting escape from what was becoming a pretty stressful world.
See it whenever you can!