MusicComedyWestern

Whoopee!

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

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.

Release Date : 1930-09-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Henry Williams

Original Name : Eddie Cantor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Custer

Original Name : Ethel Shutta

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wanenis

Original Name : Paul Gregory

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally Morgan

Original Name : Eleanor Hunt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheriff Bob Wells

Original Name : Jack Rutherford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jud Morgan

Original Name : Walter Law

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerome Underwood

Original Name : Spencer Charters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chester Underwood

Original Name : Albert Hackett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Black Eagle

Original Name : Chief Caupolican

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matafay

Original Name : Lou-Scha-Enya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Claire Dodd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Fenwick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Paulette Goddard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Betty Grable

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Sothern

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Bruce

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Ruth Eddings

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harriett Underwood (uncredited)

Original Name : Marian Marsh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Dean Jagger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-15

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 enough form here as the man who has enough imaginary illnesses and phobias to keep an infirmary busy for a year, and his dynamic with the dewey-eyed "Mary" is quite fun at times. He also delivers solid renditions of Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson's "Making Whoopee" and "My Baby Just Cares for Me" that really do help this otherwise predictable ninety minutes along memorably. Nope, there's not really much jeopardy with the romantically comedic plot, and the presentation is a bit episodic and certainly theatrical at times, but there's just about enough humour to keep it going for ninety minutes and it's a telling reminder of just what kept our grandparents entertained - and of just what was acceptable back then, too!