Great clip! When Dorothy Lee drops from the chandelier and is caught in the rug one of the corners slipped from someone's grasp (can't quite see which one of the three it was). She landed on her the base of her spine and the injury troubled her for the rest of her life (pain, etc). She said in an interview that although she was in agony she managed to play out the rest of the scene, dancing merrily out of the office. A real trouper!
Written by the great songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, supposedly for, and then cut from, the previous year's "Duck Soup", with The Marx Bros. The lady with the nervous hands trashing Robert Woolsey's wardrobe is Thelma Todd.
Really? I've been a Marx Brothers fan for years but just got into Wheeler and Woolsey a few months ago- I had no idea this song was originally written for "Duck Soup"!
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damn just before world war II
GamingDreamGuy 4 months ago
Not to be vulgar but at :08 Wheeler's got an obvious boner and
has to cover it with his hand. One of those "Hollywood Moments".
Also it must have been fairly easy for Bob Woolsey to do his
gymnastic dance numbers because I doubt he ever weighed
more than 90 pounds.
Watch the frames at 6:31 and its really hard to tell who "dropped"
Dorothy Lee in the rug and injured her spine. It appears the rug
was loose the way they were holding it and she came down in
the middle.
Sad W&W are long gone
GooglFascists 5 months ago
Hi stjn ..is there any chance we could see the Ruth Etting Sene in this Movie please ???
Resurgam1901 7 months ago
Great clip! When Dorothy Lee drops from the chandelier and is caught in the rug one of the corners slipped from someone's grasp (can't quite see which one of the three it was). She landed on her the base of her spine and the injury troubled her for the rest of her life (pain, etc). She said in an interview that although she was in agony she managed to play out the rest of the scene, dancing merrily out of the office. A real trouper!
aldiboronti 1 year ago
Had this on video and played over and over-great to see again!
dancebandfan 1 year ago
How many comics copied these two? Plus they had a secret weapon in Dorothy Lee. What a hottie she was.
zepper72 2 years ago
The original "Duck Soup" script had a romance between Zeppo and Raquel Torres, which McCarey jettisoned.
That being said, that's probably when using this song no longer made sense for that particular film.
Mikado69 2 years ago
I have the Goodman Royal Blue Wax Xolumbia of this song done as a pop Dance number (fox-trot) Jack Teagarden as the vocal. Cute song from 1934.
78timothy 2 years ago
No fools, no fun. Lots of fun at our house!
novabreeze1 2 years ago
Dorothy Lee was a regular with the team also..
I like Wheeler and Woolsey..
carolerory 3 years ago
Written by the great songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, supposedly for, and then cut from, the previous year's "Duck Soup", with The Marx Bros. The lady with the nervous hands trashing Robert Woolsey's wardrobe is Thelma Todd.
bchfront 3 years ago
Really? I've been a Marx Brothers fan for years but just got into Wheeler and Woolsey a few months ago- I had no idea this song was originally written for "Duck Soup"!
SIMPFANN 2 years ago
I didn't see any 50's cars? All looked like 30's.
trantrum 3 years ago
Lovely.
2ekan 3 years ago
58 Chevy wasn't bad. Better ride then the
'57.
betteroffsingle 3 years ago
Totally unfamiliar, and absolutely wonderful.
vonsternberg 3 years ago
The person/people who dreamt this up must have been under the influence of something! Maybe not - look at the 1958 American autos.
merrihew 3 years ago