Review of Hellzapoppin' (1941) by Martin T — 05 Oct 2010
Maniacal, scattershot, kinetically-paced, musical-comedy featuring the totally-bonkers comic duo Olsen & Johnson. Frameworked by the thinnest of plots, this is just an excuse to string together a huge heap of some of their most hysterical gags & bits along with some wildly raucous musical numbers by the one-and-only Martha Raye.
The always bewildered-looking Hugh Herbert really scores as an inept & constantly disguise-changing detective, and even Shemp Howard appears as a movie projectionist! O and J are an acquired taste, but if you enjoy the Marx Brothers, Abbott & Costello, or the Three Stooges, you won't go wrong here!
This review of Hellzapoppin' (1941) was written by Martin T on 05 Oct 2010.
Hellzapoppin' has generally received very positive reviews.
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