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1934 film by Mark Sandrich From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 American pre-Code slapstick comedy starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee.[3][4] During its initial theatrical run, it was preceded by the two-color Technicolor short Not Tonight, Josephine, directed by Edward F. Cline.[5]
| Hips, Hips, Hooray! | |
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| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Written by | Bert Kalmar Edward Kaufman Harry Ruby |
| Starring | Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Ruth Etting Thelma Todd Dorothy Lee |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Edited by | Basil Wrangell |
| Music by | Roy Webb (Uncredited) |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $336,000[2] |
| Box office | $625,000[2] |
Amelia Frisby owns a beauty-supply business. Andy Williams and Dr. Bob Dudley convince her to hire them as salesman to promote her new flavored lipstick.
A romantic subplot involving Ruth Etting was planned, but it was removed from the film. Despite her high billing, Etting only has one scene.
The film features Etting singing "Keep Romance Alive" and Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee singing "Keep on Doin' What You're Doin'" by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, a song originally intended for the Marx Brothers' 1933 film Duck Soup.
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Andre Sennwald wrote: "Those who admire the comic gifts of the cigar-smoking Woolsey and the cherub-faced Wheeler will find their faith nourished by the usual sum of ponderous jocosities. ... There are three reasonably hilarious gags and perhaps fifty more that depend on whether you are for or against the ex-vaudeville clowns to begin with."[6]
The film returned a profit of $8,000.[2]
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