Hellzapoppin' (1941) - Arrow Scene - Martha Raye, Chic Johnson & Ole Olsen, Hugh Herbert

[polaroyds]

martha raye is just hilarious in this wonderful crazy movie. Love love love!

[gregoryagogo]

@polaroyds I know, huh! They should have made this into a series of movies!

[paulboon]

is hellzapopin anywhere online to stream and enjoy lovely movie

[gregoryagogo]

@paulboon Amazon's got the DVD pretty cheap!

[MrDarwinsDog]

It's a funny scene, but I really crack up knowing it is scripted and choreographed, played with straight faces... 'til the end when Martha does her thing. The last, huge volley does appear to be on wires, thank god.

[theHellzapoppin]

dad said to me : have you met miss jones? i coudn't stop laughing. 40 years ago...

[gregoryagogo]

@theHellzapoppin MRS. JONES! MRS. JOOOOOONES. MISSSSSUS JOOOOOOOOONNNNNEEESSSSSSS!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[gregoryagogo]

I still haven't figured out how they did this! I'm sure they weren't really acting with arrows flying past inches from them!

[TroyOi]

@gregoryagogo Some arrow-shooting scenes in films were done by pre-implanting arrows in the targets, with thin wires attached to their ends. On cue, the wires get yanked, pulling the arrows out. Now, run the film in reverse, & it looks like the real thing.

That said, I don't think they did that here. My guess is that they had several expert archers shooting real arrows. The key is, the way the scene's shot, they could be very close to the actors - maybe 3 feet away - and still be off-camera.

[gregoryagogo]

@TroyOi Nope... I painly see the arrow come in the frame from the left...

[MissGarland18]

I LOVE Martha Raye...I LOVE this movie!!! =)

[gregoryagogo]

Her dress is over the top. Tight-fitting... she reminds me of "Ruby" from "Ruby's Diner" in this movie!