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The Nitwits

  • 1935
  • Approved
  • 1h 21min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
5,9/10
494
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Betty Grable, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in The Nitwits (1935)
CommediaCrimineMisteroMusicaSlapstick

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.

  • Regia
    • George Stevens
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Fred Guiol
    • Al Boasberg
    • Stuart Palmer
  • Star
    • Bert Wheeler
    • Robert Woolsey
    • Betty Grable
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    5,9/10
    494
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • George Stevens
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Fred Guiol
      • Al Boasberg
      • Stuart Palmer
    • Star
      • Bert Wheeler
      • Robert Woolsey
      • Betty Grable
    • 19Recensioni degli utenti
    • 10Recensioni della critica
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    Interpreti principali40

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    Bert Wheeler
    Bert Wheeler
    • Johnnie
    Robert Woolsey
    Robert Woolsey
    • Newton
    Betty Grable
    Betty Grable
    • Mary Roberts
    Hale Hamilton
    Hale Hamilton
    • Winfield Lake
    Evelyn Brent
    Evelyn Brent
    • Mrs. Alice Lake
    Erik Rhodes
    Erik Rhodes
    • George Clark
    Fred Keating
    Fred Keating
    • William Darrell
    Charles C. Wilson
    Charles C. Wilson
    • Police Captain Jennings
    • (as Charles Wilson)
    Arthur Aylesworth
    Arthur Aylesworth
    • Lurch
    Willie Best
    Willie Best
    • Sleepy
    Lew Kelly
    Lew Kelly
    • J. Gabriel Hazel
    Joan Andrews
    • Singer
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Martin Cichy
    Martin Cichy
    • Cop
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Nathan Curry
    • Minor Role
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Dick Curtis
    Dick Curtis
    • Cop on Stakeout
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Edgar Dearing
    Edgar Dearing
    • Police Officer Barney Riley
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Jack Ellis
    • Hoofer
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Dick Gilbert
    Dick Gilbert
    • Black Widow Henchman
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • George Stevens
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Fred Guiol
      • Al Boasberg
      • Stuart Palmer
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    Recensioni degli utenti19

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    thav

    One of the funniest films of all time.

    The first time I seen this film, I literally laughed myself sick! This film is many, many different types of movies rolled into one. You can call is a mystery for the who done it, science fiction for the speak truth machine, crime drama for the gangster activity, musical for the songs, thriller for the spooky scenes in the dark, love story for the scenes between Bert Wheeler & Betty Grable and of course, a comedy. The only catagory it wouldn't fall in is a western. This film has all the elements of the true classic comedy. It has the classic slap-stick which is extinct now-a-days. The scenes w/ Arthur Treacher as the poor victim always encountering the boys on the steps is this rare extinct form of comedy . I love it when they throw his tennis balls and land right in the cop's mouths. The scenes toward the end are also great. It's especially funny when these poor colored chaps try to have their crap game and end up having the bejesus scared out of them. They end up being chased by everyone else. This film is non-stop fun and unlike modern films, it is completely free of foul language & sex. Only a little bit of mild violence which I wouldn't be afraid to show even to small children. This is a film that will make time fly. It is total fun from start to finish. I would recommend this film to everyone except those of who who have a bad heart; they may laugh themselves dead!
    7Ron Oliver

    A Murder Mystery With Wheeler & Woolsey

    When the Black Widow murderer strikes at the boss of a music production business, THE NITWITS who run the cigar stand down in the lobby find themselves under investigation for homicide. Can the Boys find the real villain before he kills again?

    A rather routine Wheeler & Woolsey comedy (Bert Wheeler is the one with the curly hair; Robert Woolsey has the cigar & spectacles) but the Boys are always fun to watch. Betty Grable is on hand this time as Wheeler’s love interest. Blustery Hale Hamilton is one of the Black Widow’s victims. Erik Rhodes has a small role as a suspect. Willie Best is on hand to add to the madcap finale. Film mavens will recognize Arthur Treacher as the man with the tennis equipment.

    Wheeler & Grable sing “You Opened My Eyes” - Woolsey warbles “The Black Widow’s Gonna Get You If You Don’t Watch Out”. There is some racial stereotyping, not unusual in Hollywood films of this period.
    6SnoopyStyle

    mildly amusing

    Johnnie (Bert Wheeler) and Newton (Robert Woolsey) are best friends who own a cigar shop. Newton invents a shocking lie detector. Johnnie has a crush on Mary Roberts (Betty Grable). Mary's sleazy boss Winfield Lake needs a 'murder song'. Wannabe songwriter Johnnie with Newton's help write a song about a murderous Black Widow. Unbeknownst to them, Winfield is actually being threatened by blackmailer Black Widow. His wife forces the cheapskate Winfield to hire private detective William Darrell.

    Ok! I laughed hard at nothing rhyming with oranges. That's a great joke. They do keep bringing it back for the diminishing returns. Maybe they should have given it to Wheeler. This comedic pairing is not making me laugh a lot. They are mildly amusing at times. This movie is mildly amusing at times. Take the cop hat for example. It's a slow meandering joke that isn't all that funny until Johnnie comes back with it. It feels like a long walk to get to one good laugh. That's this movie.
    6bkoganbing

    Could They Use Woolsey's Machine At Guantanamo?

    The Nitwits are of course Wheeler&Woolsey and in this film they own a cigar stand in the building where music publisher Hale Hamilton has an office. Hamilton's got a secretary played by Betty Grable that Bert is stuck on. Hamilton's married to Evelyn Brent, but never lets that stand in the way of a little nookie.

    Anyway, a notorious criminal called the Black Widow is known for sending out letters of extortion demanding money or the victim would be killed. Hamilton decides not to give in and does wind up dead as a result.

    Unlike Abbott&Costello's Who Done It which has a lot of the same plot premise, The Nitwits is better edited and the perpetrator doesn't come out of nowhere as in Bud&Lou's film. Unfortunately due to one of the gags which involves Woolsey inventing a chair in which a charge of electricity passes through you so you blurt the truth out, we learn a little prematurely in my opinion who the culprit is.

    Anyway because Betty is a prime suspect, Wheeler&Woolsey get themselves involved in the investigation. They prove as much help to the cops as Abbott&Costello did, but like them they do stumble on to the perpetrator.

    One reason this film is not revived too often is the climax also involves a bunch of black people being allowed by one of their peers who works as a janitor to use the basement for a quiet crap game. Their fright reactions in the climatic chase of the culprit plays into a lot of racial stereotyping.

    Anyway I did like Woolsey's Rube Goldberg contraption as a gag. Maybe they could use a real one of those at Guantanamo.
    5Doylenf

    Murder and mirth is an uneven mix...

    For awhile it looks as though THE NITWITS will be fun along the lines of an Abbot and Costello comedy that mixes mirth with murder in the form of a who-dun-it, but by the time the murderer is revealed as the man behind The Black Widow killings, the story has limped to a madcap slapstick conclusion with an assortment of gags, some good, some tiresome.

    Along the way there are a couple of innocuous songs, one of them sung by a very young BETTY GRABLE before stardom at Fox, which she duets with BERT WHEELER. She's the secretary of a murdered executive and for awhile she joins the list of suspects, although we know she's innocent. ERIC RHODES has little to do as a man with a good reason to be one of the suspects, but the plot mainly has to do with Wheeler and ROBERT WOOLSEY (who looks like Phil Silvers on diet pills), and their scatterbrained encounters with the policemen trying to solve the case.

    George Stevens directs the whole thing at a fast clip, especially the climactic ten minute scene of frantic over-the-top slapstick that concludes the story.

    Summing up: Just okay if you're a fan of Wheeler and Woolsey. It's the kind of slapstick farce the kiddies usually enjoy at a Saturday matinée.

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    • Quiz
      One of 21 movies made by popular comedy duo Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey between 1929 and 1937, before Woolsey died in 1938. It is also the last minor feature directed by film luminary George Stevens before he broke through with "Primo amore (1935)."
    • Blooper
      When Johnnie throws the bowl of water in Newton's face, it knocks the cigar out of his mouth. But, in the next shot, he is holding the cigar in his left hand.
    • Citazioni

      [first lines]

      Male Singer: [singing] I'm not the same at all, / And I can blame it all; / I thought that love was a lark. / There's something strange in me, / The sudden change in me; / I walk around in the dark. / Suddenly I found a star. / You've opened my eyes. / You made me see the light, / The beauty of the night. / You've opened my eyes. / You taught me to see / The sunny side of things. / The heart within me sings. / You brought this to me.

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      Opening credits are shown on a player-piano music roll, which ends with the screen filling with black music notes.
    • Connessioni
      References High Gear (1931)
    • Colonne sonore
      Music in My Heart
      (1935)

      Lyrics by Dorothy Fields

      Music by Jimmy McHugh

      Sung and Danced by Bert Wheeler (uncredited) and Betty Grable (uncredited)

      Later reprized by Bert Wheeler (uncredited), Robert Woolsey (uncredited),

      Betty Grable (uncredited), and the jail prisoners

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    • Data di uscita
      • 7 giugno 1935 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
    • Celebre anche come
      • Mellodicks
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(Studio)
    • Azienda produttrice
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 21min(81 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.37 : 1

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