Hellzapoppin' (1941)

19411h 20mdir. H. C. PotterUnited Statescomedy filmmusical film

With Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Mischa Auer, Elisha Cook Jr., Hugh Herbert, Shemp Howard, Gus Schilling

Directed by H. C. Potter

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Hellzapoppin' is a 1941 American musical comedy film, and an adaptation of the stage musical that ran on Broadway from 1938 to 1941. The film was directed by H. C. Potter and distributed by Universal Pictures. Although the entire Broadway cast was initially slated to feature in the film, the only performers from the stage production to appear in the film were lead actors Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, Katherine Johnson (Mrs. Chic Johnson, as the woman perpetually yelling for "Oscar"), and the specialty act Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.

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