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What-No Beer?

Original title: What - No Beer?
  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1h 5m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
538
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Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Phyllis Barry in What-No Beer? (1933)
Comedy

Two men decide to cash in on the end of Prohibition by selling watered down beer.Two men decide to cash in on the end of Prohibition by selling watered down beer.Two men decide to cash in on the end of Prohibition by selling watered down beer.

  • Director
    • Edward Sedgwick
  • Writers
    • Robert E. Hopkins
    • Carey Wilson
    • Jack Cluett
  • Stars
    • Buster Keaton
    • Jimmy Durante
    • Roscoe Ates
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    538
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edward Sedgwick
    • Writers
      • Robert E. Hopkins
      • Carey Wilson
      • Jack Cluett
    • Stars
      • Buster Keaton
      • Jimmy Durante
      • Roscoe Ates
    • 18User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Phyllis Barry in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Phyllis Barry in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in What-No Beer? (1933)
    What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Phyllis Barry in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Phyllis Barry in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Phyllis Barry in What-No Beer? (1933)
    Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in What-No Beer? (1933)

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    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton
    • Elmer J. Butts
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Jimmy Potts
    Roscoe Ates
    Roscoe Ates
    • Schultz
    • (as Rosco Ates)
    Phyllis Barry
    Phyllis Barry
    • Hortense
    John Miljan
    John Miljan
    • Butch Lorado
    Henry Armetta
    Henry Armetta
    • Tony
    Edward Brophy
    Edward Brophy
    • Spike Moran
    Charles Dunbar
    • Mulligan
    Charles Giblyn
    • Chief
    Sidney Bracey
    Sidney Bracey
    • Dr. Smith
    • (uncredited)
    Eddy Chandler
    Eddy Chandler
    • Cop
    • (uncredited)
    James Donlan
    James Donlan
    • Al
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Engle
    Billy Engle
    • Beer Drinker
    • (uncredited)
    Sherry Hall
    • Moran's Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Pat Harmon
    Pat Harmon
    • Moran's Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    George Irving
    George Irving
    • Politician
    • (uncredited)
    Al Jackson
    • Stool Pigeon
    • (uncredited)
    Wilbur Mack
    Wilbur Mack
    • Banker Jordan
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Sedgwick
    • Writers
      • Robert E. Hopkins
      • Carey Wilson
      • Jack Cluett
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Buster Keaton disappeared during production and married his "sobriety nurse" Mae Scriven during a drunken fling in Mexico.
    • Goofs
      Elmer and Jimmy are told by the brewery's previous owner that the bank had foreclosed on him "years ago". If so, the bank would own the brewery, and it wouldn't be his to sell.
    • Quotes

      Elmer J. Butts: Say, it's so dark here, I can't see the nose before my face.

      Jimmy Potts: I don't have that trouble.

    • Connections
      Edited from The Crowd (1928)
    • Soundtracks
      Happy Days Are Here Again
      (1929) (uncredited)

      Music by Milton Ager

      Played by a band at the end

    User reviews18

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    Train Wreck on Film
    I love Keaton, but there is nothing here that resembles Buster Keaton. That any could find this a good film is totally beyond me. It is sad and painful to watch.

    It is hard to imagine a worst partner for Buster then Jimmy Durante. Durante spends most of the movie yelling and waving his arms frantically. All poor Buster can do is stand around displaying his deadpan face. The attempts to inject physical humor into this are about as artless and unfunny as it gets.

    If you like watching train wrecks, go for it. For me I will watch The General again. I would much prefer to remember him in that.
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    • SamHardy
    • Oct 28, 2011

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • What! No Beer?
    • Filming locations
      • Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA(Elmer and Hortense picnic in the park)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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