Hellzapoppin'
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| - | '''''Hellzapoppin'''''' was a musical revue which was a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] hit, running from [[22 September]] [[1938]] to [[17 December]] [[1941]], and was at the time the longest-running Broadway musical with 1,404 performances — one of only three plays to run more than 500 performances in the [[1930s]]. | + | '''Hellzapoppin'''' can refer to: |
| - | ==Film== | + | |
| - | A movie version was made by [[Universal Pictures]] in [[1941]], directed by [[H.C. Potter]]. In the film, Ole and Chic are working for Miracle Pictures (their slogan "If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle!"). A mousy screenwriter ([[Elisha Cook, Jr.]]) outlines his script for the screen adaptation of ''Hellzapoppin''', and the rest of the movie depicts Cook's crazy script. | + | |
| - | The cast includes Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson (playing themselves), [[Martha Raye]], [[Mischa Auer]], [[Shemp Howard]] (between stints with the [[Three Stooges]]), [[Hugh Herbert]], and The Six Hits. The credits for the movie assert that "any resemblance between ''Hellzapoppin''' and a motion picture are coincidental"—a truth that is perhaps responsible for it being less successful than the stage show which engendered it. The film does have some great visual humor, however, including a number of special effects that couldn't be duplicated on stage. | + | |
| - | The dance scenes from the movie are some of the best-known [[Lindy Hop]] scenes from the [[Swing Era]], and they have made the film popular among modern Lindy hoppers. One frenetic routine is performed by [[Whitey's Lindy Hoppers]], and another notable dance scene features [[Martha Raye]] and [[Dean Collins]]. | + | * ''[[Hellzapoppin' (musical)]]'', a 1938 musical |
| - | + | * ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)]]'', a 1941 film | |
| - | At the present, ''Hellzapoppin''' (like almost all Olsen and Johnson films) is hard to find on home video. It is available on region 2 DVD (release date 2007). | + | |
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| - | "Pig Foot Pete", an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominee for Best Song in [[1942]] (it lost to "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]"), was attributed in its nomination to ''Hellzapoppin''', but it never appeared in that film. It actually appeared in the [[Abbott and Costello]] movie, ''[[Keep 'Em Flying]]''. | + | |
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Hellzapoppin' can refer to:
- Hellzapoppin' (musical), a 1938 musical
- Hellzapoppin' (film), a 1941 film
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