Wheeler and Woolsey
Rio Rita (1929) DVD available
Wheeler and Woolsey made their screen debuts in this great adaptation
of the famed Ziegfeld show. Also starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles
as the nominal leads, and Dorothy Lee. This version is 103m and does
include the Technicolor finale. Excellent quality.
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The Cuckoos (1930) DVD available
Bert and Bob are back as two phony fortune tellers who help a young
pilot rescue his kidnapped girlfriend. Also starring Dorothy Lee, Hugh
Trevor, and June Clyde. This version is complete with Technicolor
scenes. Excellent quality.
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Dixiana (1930) DVD available
Bert and Bob are in support here as two circus performers who join Bebe
Daniels on a trip to her rich fiancee (Everett Marshall)'s home in 1840
Louisiana. This is complete with the gorgeous Technicolor finale and
runs 98m. Excellent quality.
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Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) DVD available
W & W finally get a starring vehicle! The duo stars as two WWI troops
AWOL in Paris and avoiding the MPs. Also starring Dorothy Lee and Edna
May Oliver. Excellent quality.
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Hook, Line, and Sinker (1930) DVD available
W & W are back as two insurance salesmen who help out heiress Dorothy
Lee with her ancient hotel and dealing with her gangster fiancee.
Also starring Ralf Harolde and Jobyna Howland. Great shootout climax.
Excellent quality.
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Cracked Nuts (1931) DVD available
One of W & W's weirdest films sees our boys down in South America's
tiny country El Dorania. Bert "buys" a revolution, Bob is the king!
Also starring Dorothy Lee, Edna May Oliver, and Boris Karloff. This
movie has the noted "Which and What" routine. Excellent quality.
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Caught Plastered (1931) DVD available
Our boys are back as struggling vaudevillians who help out an old lady
(Lucy Beaumont) with her drugstore and fend off bootleggers. Charming
vehicle costars Dorothy Lee and Jason Robards. The scene with W & W
cheering up the old lady is great. Excellent quality.
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Peach-O-Reno (1931) DVD available
One of W & W's best! Our boys are two smarmy divorce lawyers in Reno
and end up on both sides of a divorce case. Meanwhile, Bert dresses up
in drag to avoid an Arizona badman. Also starring Dorothy Lee and
Zelma O'Neal. Great quality, highest recommendation.
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Girl Crazy (1932) DVD available
The famed Gershwin musical is now a W & W vehicle. The boys travel to
Arizona to help playboy Eddie Quillan with his dude ranch and run afoul
of badman Stanley Fields. Also starring Dorothy Lee. Songs include
"I Got Rhythm" and "But Not For Me." Excellent quality.
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Hold 'Em Jail (1932) DVD available
Insane W & W vehicle has our boys framed and sent to prison where they
join warden Edgar Kennedy's football team (shades of the Longest Yard).
Also starring Betty Grable and Edna May Oliver. Great football climax.
Excellent quality.
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So This Is Africa (1933) DVD available
Controversial W & W vehicle (their only for Columbia) has the duo hired
to take their lions to Africa to film a documentary along with alluring
director Esther Muir. Also starring Raquel Torres. This is the 65m
version. Lesser quality.
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Diplomaniacs (1933) DVD available
One of W & W's best films has the duo as barbers on an Indian reservation
who are sent to the Geneva peach conference! Incredibly bizarre and
funny. Also starring Marjorie White and Phyllis Barry. Very similar
to the Marx Bros.'s Duck Soup. Excellent quality.
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Hips, Hips, Hooray (1934) DVD available
Another classic W & W film has the boys as flavored lipstick salesmen
who help out Thelma Todd with her struggling beauty business. Also
starring Dorothy Lee. Contains the great song "Just Keep on Doin What
You're Doing." Excellent quality.
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Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) DVD available
Critics usually agree that this is W & W's best film! The duo star as
vagrants in 1600s England who impersonate the king's doctors while also
romancing Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee. Also starring Noah Berry. One
of their best to be sure. Excellent quality.
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Kentucky Kernels (1934) DVD available
W & W's biggest hit has the boys taking young Spanky McFarland down to
the Bluegrass state to claim his inheritance and getting involved in a
family feud. Also starring Mary Carlisle and Noah Berry. Directed by
George Stevens. Excellent quality.
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The Nitwits (1935) DVD available
Terrific W & W outing (also directed by George Stevens) has the boys as
cigar vendors who try and solve the murder of a music mogul and find the
identity of the Black Widow. Also starring Betty Grable. Awesome chase
finale. Excellent quality.
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The Rainmakers (1935) DVD available
W & W are back as two loonies who have a machine that can literally make
it rain and aid a dust bowl town. Also starring Dorothy Lee and George
Meeker. Terrific train chase finale. Excellent quality.
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Silly Billies (1936) DVD available
The boys are back as two dentists in the old west who get mixed up with
a corrupt land baron and attacking Indians. Also starring Dorothy Lee
in her last outing with the boys and Moroni Olsen. Excellent quality.
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Mummy's Boys (1936) DVD available
W & W go underground in ancient Egyptian tombs in this fun horror spoof.
The boys are ditch diggers hired to go on a cursed expedition. Also
starring Barbara Pepper and Moroni Olsen. Excellent quality.
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On Again-Off Again (1937) DVD available
In a wild outing, W & W are rival pill company owners who wrestle each
other (!) for control of the business with the loser becoming the winner's
servant. Smart satire also stars Esther Muir and Marjorie Lord. Very
underrated W & W outing. Excellent quality.
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High Flyers (1937) DVD available
W & W's last film before Woolsey's death has the boys as carnies who are
hired to unknowingly smuggle jewels for crooked Jack Carson. Also starring
Lupe Velez and Marjorie Lord. Bert's Chaplin imitation has no equal.
Excellent quality.
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Too Many Cooks (1931) DVD available
Bert and Dorothy Lee star as a couple who plan to get married and build
their own home in the country, but of course everything goes wrong. An
interesting comedy that predates Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
Excellent quality. No Woolsey in this one.
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Everything's Rosie (1931) DVD available
In Woolsey's only solo vehicle he stars as a carnival huckster who takes
in a young girl and raises her as his daughter (shades of Poppy). Also
starring Anita Louise and John Darrow. Excellent quality.
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Cowboy Quarterback (1939) DVD available
In this Bert solo outing (and remake of Elmer the Great), Wheeler stars
as an incredible football player who is great until he gets mixed up
with gangsters. Also starring Marie Wilson and William Demarest.
Decent quality.
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Las Vegas Nights (1941) DVD available
In this solo Wheeler vehicle Bert plays a member of a struggling acting
troupe who gets conned into buying a Vegas ranch. Also starring Constance
Moore. Bert actually sings "Dolores" in this film with Tommy Dorsey's
orchestra while vocalist Frank Sinatra sits it out! Lesser quality.
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