On Again—Off Again (1937)
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
- Data di uscita
- 1937-07-09
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Durata
- 1 h 8 min
- Generi
- Commedia
- Regista
- Edward F. Cline
Cast
- Bert Wheeler — William Hobbs
- Robert Woolsey — Claude Horton
- Marjorie Lord — Florence Cole
- Esther Muir — Nettie Horton
- Patricia Wilder — Gertie Green
- Paul Harvey — Mr. Applegate
- Russell Hicks — George Dilwig
- Maxine Jennings — Miss Meeker
- Kitty McHugh — Miss Parker
- George Meeker — Tony Toler
- Hal K. Dawson — Sanford
- Pat Flaherty — Mr. Green
Curiosità
On Again-Off Again is a 1937 American musical comedy film released by RKO Radio Pictures and starring the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey.
Production
The film is based on the 1914 play A Pair of Sixes by Edward Peple.
Robert Woolsey was suffering from kidney disease throughout production of the film and experienced constant pain.
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