Hellzapoppin

Hellzapoppin (1941)

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Hellzapoppin' is the film version of the "anything goes" Broadway hit starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. The original production was part musical comedy, part "blackout" revue, with wild sight gags, zany props, audience participation sequences, dirty jokes, and never-ending gunshots. There was no… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By
H.C. Potter
Written By
Nat Perrin
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1941 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Phil Hall, Film Threat

    The most wonderfully surreal comedy from Hollywood's Golden Age.

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  • Ken S


    Imagine Night at the Opera meets Airplane meets Day and Night. This movie is literally one gag after another, loosely strung together by a plot. And for no reason at all, Frankenstein turns up near the end.

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