Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 84 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson and Martha Raye
IMDb score:
7,4 (3.929)
Releasedate: 25 December 1941
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Hellzapoppin' plot
"AT LAST IT'S ON THE SCREEN! Greater than the Stage Show!"
Ole and Chic (playing themselves) run into a lot of trouble when their Broadway play is made into a movie in Hollywood.
Actors and actresses
Ole Olsen
Chic Johnson
Betty Johnson
Quimby
Kitty Rand
Jeff Hunter
Pepi
Director
Woody Taylor
Andrew Rand
Reviews & comments
otherfool
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- 18537 messages
- 3404 votes
Deadly tiring, but also with brilliant ideas. Indeed a very atypical comedy with a furious pace. Saw it a few years ago as a Zomergasten film. A film that deserves to be seen more often.
3.5*.
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Movsin
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- 8331 messages
- 8448 votes
Original, absurd, burlesque, with plenty of slapstick scenes alongside lots of surprising, comedic dialogue.
It also seems somewhat satirical towards the American musical to me, but it never becomes mean.
The ballet and Martha Ray's very remarkable, energetic performance are particularly successful.
Out of series musical.
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clubsport
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- 4052 messages
- 7102 votes
If this was the inspiration for Airplane, it was certainly one of the lamest I have ever seen. Airplane and The Naked Gun series were hilarious, but here the same type of jokes don't work at all 99% of the time. This is mainly due to the forced attempt to be funny, and especially the loud and hectic pace, which quickly started to get on my nerves. Airplane and especially The Naked Gun work much better because of the lightheartedness and natural style; here there is a constant vibe of: "Oh, we're being funny again."
No, I didn't like this at all.
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