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Title: Hellzapoppin' (1941)
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Cast
| 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 | |
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Frank Darien | ... | Man Calling for Mrs. Jones |
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Catherine Johnson | ... | Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar |
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Ole and Chick are making a movie, but the director is not satisfied. So he brings them to a young writer, who outlines them an absurd story. They have to support Jeff and Kitty in setting up a musical revue in their garden and want to bring it up on Broadway. If Jeff is successful he can marry Kitty. But there is his rich friend Woody, who also loves Kitty, Chick's sister Betty, who's in love with a false Russian count, and detective Quimby. They all make the thing very complicated for Ole and Chick. After some mistakes they think that Kitty isn't the right girl for Jeff and they start sabotaging the show, but the Broadway producer is impressed and signs the contract. That's the story the writer tells them. For this he's sued by the director. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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screwball comedy | breaking the fourth wall | frankenstein's monster | water ballet | disappearing trick |Taglines:
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Country:
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26 December 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
De studio draait zot See more »Company Credits
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Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Performed and sung by Martha Raye and The Six Hits (uncredited) with orchestra
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Universal Pictures production #1155 and #1196 (for added scenes). See more »Goofs
Betty picks up a rifle with a bayonet attached, but in the next shot it's a double-barreled shotgun. See more »Crazy Credits
"......any similarity between HELLZAPOPPIN' and a motion picture is purely coincidental." See more »Soundtracks
Watch The BirdieLyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Performed and sung by Martha Raye and The Six Hits (uncredited) with orchestra
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I've wanted to see this movie for a long time, after reading about it in a book on "movie comedy teams."
I finally got the chance after purchasing it on eBay in vhs format. All I can say is...It was worth the wait!
Jokes, mayhem and madness run rampant throughout this movie! It's like an old version of AIRPLANE! It almost seems like an abridged version of a Marx Brothers movie. Even when the "love story" slows things down...jokes "pop up" when you least expect them.
I'm really surprised that nobody has mentioned the scene where Olsen, Johnson and the Director of the film are sitting down (with the backs of their heads to us) watching a film on a small screen and commenting on it. This scene screamed, "MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000!"
If you get the chance to see this, do! And then watch it again to catch all of the jokes you missed the first time.