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Cracked Nuts

  • 1931
  • Approved
  • 1h 5min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,1/10
409
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in Cracked Nuts (1931)
CommediaMusicaleRomanticismo

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaTo impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by gambling. So he plans a coup d'et... Leggi tuttoTo impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by gambling. So he plans a coup d'etat. He tries to achieve this with a bomb, but then something goes wrong.To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by gambling. So he plans a coup d'etat. He tries to achieve this with a bomb, but then something goes wrong.

  • Regia
    • Edward F. Cline
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Ralph Spence
    • Al Boasberg
  • Star
    • Bert Wheeler
    • Robert Woolsey
    • Dorothy Lee
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,1/10
    409
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Edward F. Cline
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Ralph Spence
      • Al Boasberg
    • Star
      • Bert Wheeler
      • Robert Woolsey
      • Dorothy Lee
    • 16Recensioni degli utenti
    • 9Recensioni della critica
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    Interpreti principali22

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    Bert Wheeler
    Bert Wheeler
    • Wendell Graham
    Robert Woolsey
    Robert Woolsey
    • Zander Ulysses Parkhurst
    Dorothy Lee
    Dorothy Lee
    • Betty Harrington
    Edna May Oliver
    Edna May Oliver
    • Aunt Minnie Van Arden
    Leni Stengel
    Leni Stengel
    • Queen Carlotta
    Stanley Fields
    Stanley Fields
    • Gen. Bogardus
    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    • Boris - First Revolutionary
    Frank Thornton
    • Revolutionary
    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    • Man at Elevator
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Nick Bolin
    • Orchestra Leader
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Buster Brodie
    Buster Brodie
    • Royal Humidor
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Eugene Burr
    • Royal Toothpick
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Harvey Clark
    Harvey Clark
    • King Oscar
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Bud Geary
    Bud Geary
    • Footman
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Frank Lackteen
    Frank Lackteen
    • Assassin
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Mike Lally
    Mike Lally
    • Member of the Royal Guard
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Wilfred Lucas
    Wilfred Lucas
    • Minister
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Eric Mack
    • Royal Ashtray
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • Edward F. Cline
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Ralph Spence
      • Al Boasberg
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    Recensioni degli utenti16

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    Recensioni in evidenza

    7didi-5

    cracked kingdom romp

    Wheeler and Woolsey made this romp about revolutions, assassinations, and romantic shenanigans, with a supporting cast including Dorothy Lee (who doesn't have much to do), Edna May Oliver (funny in fits and starts but not on screen enough), Boris Karloff (unmemorable), and Ben Turpin (cross-eyed as ever).

    There are some cute and funny bits - the opening sequence with Wheeler and the elevator; the 'What' and 'Which' sequence with the map; the flying bombs; the aunt and the shower; and so on.

    The one musical number for Wheeler and Lee is awful, nowhere near their usual standard, and actually becomes tedious and irritating very quickly.

    'Cracked Nuts' is mildly diverting but not particularly good as a whole; it is one of the team's weaker efforts. Although W&W are always good value and entertaining, their co-stars have a poor script to work with and not much of a plot.
    GManfred

    (Groan)

    That's the way they do it in comic strips when a bad joke takes place. In that case, "Cracked Nuts" would be festooned with these literary exclamations, due to the great number of bad jokes. I take a back seat to no one in my admiration for Wheeler and Woolsey, but this picture must represent the nadir of this very funny comedy team's association.

    The inane screenplay is not very good, about Wheeler becoming the king of a mythical kingdom, of which Woolsey is already the king. You can see a very young-looking Boris Karloff as one of his advisers, and also one of Hollywood's best character actresses in Edna May Oliver, who steals most of the scenes she's in. There's a good song and dance number between Wheeler and his girlfriend, Dorothy Lee.

    And that's about it in this very disappointing, unfunny comedy. This one is a far cry from "Half Shot At Sunrise", which is one of their best.
    6ilprofessore-1

    First-rate comics, second-rate script.

    Wheeler and Woolsey were a first-rate comic team, now forgotten by most, who churned out a great number of money-making comedies for RKO in a brief period from 1930-1937. Until Fred and Ginger came along, they were the top earners for the studio. Sadly, they were often saddled (as they are here) with second-rate material. In this one, they don't get together until almost half an hour into the story, and even when they do, the jokes are pretty bad. They are surrounded with a top cast of players who would go on to better things-Boris Karloff and Edna Mae Oliver, as well as excellent comic support from Stanley Fields as the heavy and Leni Stengel as the vamp. Bert Wheeler's partner here, as she was to be in many of their films to come is the adorable ingenue Dorothy Lee, who doesn't get much to do. The only song she and Wheeler do is badly staged. There are some excellent Ruritanian sets by the studio's art director Max Rée, and a few spirited marches by Max Steiner in his pre-Warner Bros. days. Most of the fault beyond the script belongs to one of the Keystone Cops, Eddie Klein, who directed with a heavy hand. W&W would get better direction and better scripts in the years to come.
    Michael_Elliott

    Poor W&W

    Cracked Nuts (1931)

    * (out of 4)

    This was my second Wheeler and Woosley flick and it'll probably be my last for a while. This film has pretty much been forgotten except it does feature Boris Karloff is one of his non-monster 1931 roles. In the film, Woosley wins the throne of a small country in a dice game but gives it to Wheeler who wants it to impress the aunt of his girlfriend. I somewhat enjoyed the duo's Mummy's Boys but this film here was just dreadful. There were a few funny lines but the rest of the film was rather hard to get through. Karloff is wasted as is Dorothy Lee. One interesting aspect is Lee who does some voice effects, which would later be used by Curly of The Three Stooges.
    6bkoganbing

    Hail, Hail El Dorania

    Getting there first, exploring grounds that the Marx Brothers covered so thoroughly in Duck Soup are the RKO team of Wheeler&Woolsey who get themselves mixed up in the politics of some backwater country in South America in Cracked Nuts. Bob Woolsey wins the throne of El Dorania in a crap game and spends the rest of the film trying to avoid assassination plots cooked up by disgruntled general Stanley Fields.

    Woolsey's partner Bert Wheeler has his own problems in the romance area. He's in love with Dorothy Lee, but he's got to deal with her formidable aunt, Edna May Oliver. Wheeler is the schnook of the team, playing parts that Eddie Cantor and later Danny Kaye would do with far more acclaim.

    Cracked Nuts might not be all its cracked up to be. I'd certainly rate Duck Soup over it. Yet it does have its moments, particularly the last attempt at Woolsey's life by Ben Turpin, dropping bombs during a ceremony.

    It's a film that can stand on its own merits. But I wish Edna May Oliver had more screen time. She's a favorite of mine and I've never been disappointed with her in any performance. She's reason enough to see Cracked Nuts.

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    • Quiz
      While Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are discussing potential battle plan over the map, a possible embryonic version of "Who's on First?" is spoken between the two.
    • Blooper
      When Edna Mae Oliver stomps on Bert Wheeler's left foot, he grabs his right foot in pain.
    • Citazioni

      Queen Carlotta: Have you never thought seriously of marriage?

      Zander U. Parkhurst: Certainly! That's why I'm single.

      Queen Carlotta: Ah - love - love is intoxication...

      Zander U. Parkhurst: Yeah, and marriage is the hangover!

    • Connessioni
      References Check and Double Check (1930)
    • Colonne sonore
      Dance
      (1931) (uncredited)

      Music by Harry Tierney

      Lyrics by Ray Egan

      Sung and Danced by Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee

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    • Data di uscita
      • 18 aprile 1931 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
    • Celebre anche come
      • Assorted Nuts
    • 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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      • 1h 5min(65 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White

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