Instead, its a pictorial tribute to a beautiful, funny actress who was a class act all her own. At this point in her career, todd had appeared with some of the biggest names in screen comedy. Sep 14, 2016 he could also handle popular music, as he showed in james whales production of showboat 1936. Precode nudity update and film guide precode hollywood. While visiting a friend on a film set, he saw that the director had a problem setting up a shot. While this site will explore practically every movie produced between 1930 and july 1934, that doesnt mean that all of those films are precode movies. Starletchorus girl doris mcmahon in costume as the maid. During its initial theatrical run, it was preceded by the twocolor technicolor short not tonight, josephine, directed by edward f. Crossing race, as well as sex, woolsey appears in a musical number in girl crazy 1932 as an indian girl, married to wheeler they are sitting pretty and sitting bull.
Full movie in hd visit movie 111464 hips, hips, hooray. Ruth etting keep romance alive 1934 hips, hips, hooray. But this is the third time ive sat through it, and my feeling of nothing is palpable by the end each time. He reteamed with the marx brothers in their next film, a day at the races 1937. He also dons a pleated lampshade worn as a tutu in an uproarious musical number in hips, hips, hooray. The following is a list of movie poster art and stills contained in this book. The female celebrity smoking list entry for hips, hips, hooray. Bobby watson played an effeminate costume designer in moonlight and pretzels 1933, and an effeminate dance director in hips hips hooray 1934.
Tittles include hook line and sinker hips, hips, hooray high flyers diplomaniacs silly billies the rainmakers peach oreno the nitwits mummys boys kentucky kernels. Hip hip hooray is actually a retitled and slightly resequenced reissue of the troggs 1968 u. A return to the traditional rollicking, sinful, hilarious and suggestive precode hollywood with a wheeler and woolsey classic, hip hips hooray 1934. Ruth etting sings keep romance alive in 1934 film hips, hips, hooray.
Charlie chase, harry langdon, buster keaton, laurel and hardy, and the marx brothers. Thinly plotted and gleefully silly at every turn, hips, hips, hooray. The film features etting singing keep romance alive and bert wheeler and dorothy lee singing keep on doin what youre doin by. The comedy team of bert wheeler and robert woolsey star as lipstick salesmen aiming to save boss thelma todds cosmetics empire. A list of american feature films released in 1934 it happened one night won best picture at the 7th academy awards on february 27, 1935.
She is remembered as much today for her mysterious death as she is for her films. His sister was ruth harriet louise he was an engineering student at columbia university when he accidentally fell into the film business. The life and films of the wheeler and woolsey girl. Thelma todd and ruth etting in a publicity photo for hips, hips hooray 1934, an rko production starring wheeler and woolsey. One can only wonder what might have been if rko had kept bert and bob working with sandrich for a few more films. While i prefer cockeyed cavaliers, hips, hips, hooray is another entertaining bert and bob vehicle from the teams 193334 peak. Its hard to believe that movies like merrily we go to hell 1932, madam satan 1930 featuring an orgiastic party upon a zeppelin complete with wife swapping, bootleg booze, and halfnaked girls being sold in a mock slave auction, hips, hips, hooray. After finishing senior high school, dorothy lee visited vaudeville, sang with fred waring and his pennsylvaninans and produced her film debut in syncopation 1929.
A blog for thelma todd thelma todd was a star of silent movies and later the talkies. Jun 9, 20 starletchorus girl doris mcmahon in costume as the maid yeah, right for the precode 1934 movie hips, hips, hooray starring ruth etting ten. Welloiled vaudeville veterans, movie producers teamed them in a collaboration that clearly was meant to be. Thelma todd and ruth etting were both in the movie, but did not appear together in any scene in the film. Hips, hips, hooraywith wheeler and woolseyis the cinema news from the roxy this week. The barretts of wimpole street norma shearer, fredric march. Wheeler and woolsey queered bright lights film journal. With bert wheeler, robert woolsey, ruth etting, thelma todd. Sandrich was born in new york city october 26, 1900, to a jewish family. I dont know if there were other tittles in this series as i have not been able to find a comprehensive list and my request for more information to the turner. The original title mixed bag was an appropriate description of this rather scrapheap assembly, as it wasnt really a regular album. This list of precode films was culled from several books on the subject, and while it may not be exhaustive, at least serves as a good introduction. Buy hips, hips, hooray movie posters from movie poster shop. Jun 30, 2017 posts about 1934 written by box office madness.
Not a great movie, and not one that id recommend to anyone new to. Hips, hips, hooray movie posters from movie poster shop. Lots of girls in bath tubs, suggestive leather costumes and more double entendres then i could catch in one sitting. Its climactic football game has probably been spoofed better by others harold lloyd, the marx brothers or the three stooges. This magical combination brought great laughter to the 1930s screen with this 9film collection of comedy classics from rko. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. I didnt have a chance to see hips, hips, hooray, which was part of the ouch. Max steiner fathers of film music, part 1 movie music uk. Indeed, sandrichs fluid direction in hips, hips, hooray. The film industry was perhaps the countrys biggest secret haven for gay men and lesbians, who were under contract to all studios as creative personnel, staff, and talent.
Corsair 1931, cheating blondes 1933, hips hips hooray 1934, ill be suing you 1934, one horse farmers 1934, opened by mistake 1934 and hal roach 20th. Insisting that he could complete all of his assignments, and feeling pressure to be an involved and loving family man, sandrich died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 44. Movie mavens will spot an unbilled bobby watson, who gets one funny line as a dance director. Wheeler and woolsey rko comedy classics collection mod. They are best known for their movies animal crackers 1930, check and double check 1930, horse feathers 1932, the kid from spain 1932, duck. Hips hips hooray 1934 rates as one of the boys best. Rko really invested the bucks in this one, a glittering musical comedy about the world of cosmetics. The great wheeler and woolsey question unread post by richard p. Hips, hips hooray 1934 mark sandrich related allmovie. In rio rita 1929 she was teamed with bert wheeler and robert woolsey and made an appearance in the vast majority of their films, like margaret dumont within the marx brothers. A film that i believe probably escalated the coming of the enforced code, wheeler and woosley almost take it too far in this film. Peach oreno, starring wheeler and woolsey 1931 peach oreno wasnt included in the tcm ouch. His son, jack jones became a popular singer in the postwar period. And there are lovely guest stars galore such as lupe velez, betty grable, thelma todd and dorothy lee.
Hips, hips, hooray 1934 entranced by pretty daisy maxwell dorothy lee, a clerk at a cosmetic company, street vendors andy williams bert wheeler and dr. Along with his partner, bert wheeler, the team of wheeler and woolsey starred in 21 films from 1929 to 1937, and were rivals in popularity to laurel and hardy, the marx brothers and even charlie chaplin. Similarly, this film is enriched by the airy art deco sets of van nest polglase and carroll clark. Jun 28, 2015 they are best known for their movies animal crackers 1930, check and double check 1930, horse feathers 1932, the kid from spain 1932, duck soup 1933, hips hips hooray 1934, kentucky. The movie begins with scantily clad chorus girls swaying and lounging in baths to the melody, keep romance alive sung by ruth etting. This would cause her pain for the rest of her life. The worst has to be the last 10 minutes of the movie which suddenly pivot the film from genial corporate comedy to being a road race movie. Find similar and related movies for hips, hips hooray 1934 mark sandrich on allmovie. Apr 25, 2012 thinly plotted and gleefully silly at every turn, hips, hips, hooray. Hips, hips, hooray mark sandrich, 1934 allen johns attic. Not a trailer, but heres a clip of the films highly suggestive lipstick tasting scene.
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