- Whoopee! (film)
Infobox Film
name = Whoopee (1930)
producer =Samuel Goldwyn Florenz Ziegfeld
director =Thornton Freeland
writer =William M. Conselman E.J. Rath (story)
Robert Hobart Davis (story)Owen Davis (play)
William Anthony McGuire (musical)
starring =Eddie Cantor Ethel Shutta
Paul GregoryEleanor Hunt
music =Nacio Herb Brown
Walter Donaldson Edward Eliscu
cinematography =Lee Garmes
Ray Rennahan Gregg Toland "(Technicolor )"
editing =Stuart Heisler
distributor =United Artists
released =September 7 ,1930
runtime = 101 min.
language = English
country = USA
imdb_id = 0021549|"Whoopee" is an "All-Talking All-Color"
musical comedy film from 1930 photographed in two-color Technicolor. The film closely followed the stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1928.Production
The film was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld and
Samuel Goldwyn and directed byThornton Freeland . "Whoopee" made amovie star ofEddie Cantor , already one of the leading stars of Broadwayrevues and musical comedies as well as being a popular recording artist in theUnited States . George Olsen and his Music, already well-known Victor recording artists, repeated their work from the stage version. Other stars in the film wereEleanor Hunt ,Ethel Shutta (George Olsen's wife), and Paul Gregory. Future starsBetty Grable ,Ann Sothern , andVirginia Bruce appeared uncredited as "Goldwyn Girls ". The film also launched theHollywood career ofBusby Berkeley and wasAlfred Newman 's first job in Hollywood.Richard Day did the set designs and behind the camera wasGregg Toland , who later found fame withOrson Welles .Plot
The story line of "Whoopee" is somewhat aged by today's standards but there are several interesting moments in the movie, particularly Cantor's rendition of the song "
Makin' Whoopee " (later a hit for Ray Charles), and some of the big production numbers with the Goldwyn Girls."Whoopee" is an important but overlooked film in the history of the Hollywood musical. Made a year before the movie industry began to fully feel the effects of the
Great Depression , it had a ticket price of five dollars when it opened and madeSamuel Goldwyn a lot of money. In the history of musicals, it shows a look years ahead of its time and foreshadows all of the greatWarner Bros. musicals of the 1930s.External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021549/ "Whoopee!"] at the
Internet Movie Database
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