Showing posts with label Messrs. Wheeler and Woolsey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Messrs. Wheeler and Woolsey. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Doin' Whatcha Doin'

They're lost in the shadow of the Marx Brothers - hell, they' re lost in the shadow of the Ritz Brothers - but in the very early '30s, Wheeler and Woolsey were a hot item in Hollywood. Nowadays it can be hard to see why, but this delirious number from 1934's Hips, Hips, Hooray! gives a hint.
The boys are joined by their usual sidekick, the truly charming Dorothy Lee, a dainty little Mae Questel type, along with cult favorite Thelma Todd (in the mink shrug). It starts a little slow, but builds to a gleeful, almost Grouchovian level of mayhem.