cardero
Citizen Mod
Hellzapoppin'
DVD/ B&W/ 84 Mins./ NR/ 1941
Ole and Chick are making a movie, but the director is not satisfied. So he brings them to a young writer, who outlines them a absurd story They have to support Jeff and Kitty in setting up an musical revue in their garden and want to bring it up on Broadway. If Jeff is sucessful 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 they start sabotating the show, but the Broadway producer is impressed and signs the contract. That's the story the writer tells them. For this he's soot by the director.
My friend Ralph brought over this movie (along with the next selection) and I must say, I was thoroughly impressed. It starred two vaudeville actors Ole Olson and Chic Johnson and singer actress Martha Raye (who was indeed a hottie back in those days). The movie had romance, dancing and singing and most of all, it was hilarious. It was a movie that was a little before its time, incorporating play on words, slapstick with sophisticated special effects. It was faced paced in the beginning and for awhile it seemed like one was never going to catch their breath but towards the end, the laughs were still coming but they allowed you a chance to recover. A great film altogether that no doubt inspired the Zucker Bros. (Airplane, The Naked Gun), Matt Stone and Trey Parker (SouthPark, Cannibal The Musical, Team America) and Richard Elfmans (yes, that is Danny Elfmans brother) 1980 black and white masterpiece The Forbidden Zone. A must see.
A sneak preview can be found here. Bizarre!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOVS4CrzEfI
DVD/ B&W/ 84 Mins./ NR/ 1941
Ole and Chick are making a movie, but the director is not satisfied. So he brings them to a young writer, who outlines them a absurd story They have to support Jeff and Kitty in setting up an musical revue in their garden and want to bring it up on Broadway. If Jeff is sucessful 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 they start sabotating the show, but the Broadway producer is impressed and signs the contract. That's the story the writer tells them. For this he's soot by the director.
My friend Ralph brought over this movie (along with the next selection) and I must say, I was thoroughly impressed. It starred two vaudeville actors Ole Olson and Chic Johnson and singer actress Martha Raye (who was indeed a hottie back in those days). The movie had romance, dancing and singing and most of all, it was hilarious. It was a movie that was a little before its time, incorporating play on words, slapstick with sophisticated special effects. It was faced paced in the beginning and for awhile it seemed like one was never going to catch their breath but towards the end, the laughs were still coming but they allowed you a chance to recover. A great film altogether that no doubt inspired the Zucker Bros. (Airplane, The Naked Gun), Matt Stone and Trey Parker (SouthPark, Cannibal The Musical, Team America) and Richard Elfmans (yes, that is Danny Elfmans brother) 1980 black and white masterpiece The Forbidden Zone. A must see.
A sneak preview can be found here. Bizarre!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOVS4CrzEfI
