Jitterbugs (1943)
This is that movie about those people.
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.
- Date of release
- 1943-06-05
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (47)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Malcolm St. Clair
Casting
- Stan Laurel — Stan
- Oliver Hardy — Ollie
- Vivian Blaine — Susan Cowan
- Robert Bailey — Chester Wright (as Bob Bailey)
- Douglas Fowley — Malcolm Bennett
- Noel Madison — Tony Queen
- Lee Patrick — Dorcas
- Robert Emmett Keane — Henry Corcoran
Interesting facts
Jitterbugs is an American 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature-length musical comedy film produced by Sol M. Wurtzel and directed by Mal St.Clair.
Production
During the early 1940s, 20th Century Fox executives determined that low-budget "B” serve as the second feature on double bills. As such, these comedies were limited to a length of approximately 70 minutes ``irrespective of any artistic considerations.”
Much of the film, scripted by Scott Darling and St. Clair, was improvised by Laurel and Hardy or reworked from earlier films they made with director Hal Roach.
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