Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Jane Frazee

Ole and Chick are making a movie, but th edirector 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 ...( read more  read more... )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.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: H.C. Potter

Release Date: January 1, 1941

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  • October 4, 2009
    A surreal, absurdly hilarious and whimsical musical, it's a self-reflexive film-within-a-film, as well as a film-within-a-cinema theatre, that literally breaks the fourth wall with ease. Screwball comedies and musicals have never been this fun. Who cares about the plot? The plot ...( read more)was just an excuse to experiment with special effects for the laughs of it as well as to make catchy musical numbers. It's something I can watch over and over again but still find something new in every viewing.
  • October 4, 2009
    a little different from the time. kinda cool. and unexpected from time to time. a weird mix of things. kind of does it all, and pull of none.
  • August 24, 2009
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  • March 2, 2008
    Strange, strange wacky movie ... which was O&J's style. It's been in public domain for so long that it's practically impossible to find a decent quality release. Someone needs to restore this one.
  • July 31, 2007
    I truly bizarre movie. The opening is one of the wildest you'll see anywhere. Also includes a great jitterbug swing dance scene.
  • July 23, 2007
    dont know anything at all about it
  • May 31, 2007
    It's Heaps Good And Stuff. My Face!
  • April 12, 2007
    Weird, nonsensical fun. The jitterbug dance number is insane and brilliant.

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