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!
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"!
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
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
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