Whoopee!( 1930)

TV-MAMusicComedyWestern

65%

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90 Blazing Boistrous minutes of the Funniest Guy that ever made a camera crack wide open with Laughter

Overview

Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.

Top Billed Cast

Eddie Cantor
Henry Williams
Ethel Shutta
Mary Custer
Paul Gregory
Wanenis
Eleanor Hunt
Sally Morgan
Jack Rutherford
Sheriff Bob Wells
Walter Law
Jud Morgan
Spencer Charters
Jerome Underwood
Albert Hackett
Chester Underwood
Chief Caupolican
Black Eagle
Lou-Scha-Enya
Matafay
Claire Dodd
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Paulette Goddard
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Betty Grable
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Ann Sothern
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Virginia Bruce
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Ruth Eddings
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Marian Marsh
Harriett Underwood (uncredited)
Dean Jagger
Deputy (uncredited)
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Feb 15 2024

Now this is a film very much of it's time, so anyone with sensitivities to black-facing etc. might wish to avoid. What the film is actually about centres on the story of a sheriff "Bob" (John Rutherford) who is loved up with "Sally" (Eleanor Hunt). They are to be married, but she's got eyes for "Wanenis" (Paul Gregory) and needless to say nobody is too keen on any form of inter-racial horseplay! Anyway, she does a bunk with the scene-stealing hypochondriac "Henry" (Eddie Cantor) and we proceed to see them pursued by her fiancé and his infatuated nurse "Mary" (Ethel Shutta). Cantor is on decent ...