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Whoopee! / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Samuel Goldwyn Company ; Florenz Ziegfeld and Saumel Goldwyn present ; story by William Anthony McGuire ; screen adaptation by William M. Conselman ; directed by Thornton Freeland ; produced by Florenz Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn ; a United Artist picture.
LIBRA DVD Judaica 316
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Owen, 1874-1956. Nervous wreck, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Owen, 1874-1956--Film adaptations.
- Davis, Owen.
- Davis, Owen, 1874-1956.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Drama.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Western films.
- Comedy films.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Musical films.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This musical comedy finds hypochondriac Henry Williams moving out west, seeking a healthier lifestyle. Once there, he finds himself caught in the cross-fire of a complicated love triangle.
- Participant:
- Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory, Eleanor Hunt, John Rutherford, Walter Law, Spencer Charters, Albert Hackett, Chief Caupolican, Lou-Scha-Enya.
- Credits:
- Edited by Stuart Heisler ; music by Walter Donaldson ; lyrics by Gus Kahn ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; photography by Lee Garmes, Ray Rennaman, Gregg Toland ; dances and ensembles staged by Busby Berkeley ; production scored and played by George Olson and his music.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930.
- Based upon Owen Davis' play: The nervous wreck.
- "A musical comedy of the great wild west based on the famous stage success"--Opening credit screen.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.
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