Friday, May 10, 2024

Video - HELLZAPOPPIN' (1941)


After seeing the unfunny and mostly unentertaining GHOST CATCHERS (1944) it was time to see the most famous of Olsen & Johnson's film efforts. I worried that it would be a jumble of random crap slung onto the screen with little rhyme or reason that would end up boring me. But I was happy to find it isn't nearly as shapeless as I had feared and once the third act madness ramps up I was completely onboard. Of course, the fact that the first actor we see in this is Shemp Howard put a smile on my face as well. Strangely, the mid-film music and dance sequence is the highlight but that energetic set-piece would stun any audience in any film. Check it out! 
 

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