La viuda negra

Título original: The Nitwits

1935
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1h 21min

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Betty Grable, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in La viuda negra (1935)

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA 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.

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Bert Wheeler

Johnnie

Robert Woolsey

Newton

Betty Grable

Mary Roberts

Hale Hamilton

Winfield Lake

Evelyn Brent

Mrs. Alice Lake

Erik Rhodes

George Clark

Fred Keating

William Darrell

Charles C. Wilson

Police Captain Jennings
(as Charles Wilson)

Arthur Aylesworth

Lurch

Willie Best

Sleepy

Lew Kelly

J. Gabriel Hazel

Joan Andrews

Singer
(sin acreditar)

Martin Cichy

Cop
(sin acreditar)

Nathan Curry

Minor Role
(sin acreditar)

Dick Curtis

Cop on Stakeout
(sin acreditar)

Edgar Dearing

Police Officer Barney Riley
(sin acreditar)

Jack Ellis

Hoofer
(sin acreditar)

Dick Gilbert

Black Widow Henchman
(sin acreditar)

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Curiosidades
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 "Sueños de juventud (1935)."

Pifias
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.

Citas
[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.

Créditos adicionales
Opening credits are shown on a player-piano music roll, which ends with the screen filling with black music notes.

Conexiones
References High Gear (1931)

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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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Nitwits, The (1935)

*** (out of 4)

Wheeler and Woolsey comedy has the boys playing cigar salesmen who get caught up in a murder mystery surrounding a killer known as "The Black Widow". This is a pretty good little gem that manages to be quite hilarious but it also has a good mystery surrounding it. There's also no doubt that this film influenced Abbott and Costello's Who Done It? not to mention there are other gags here later used by Abbott and Costello. The film has non-stop gags including a hilarious sequence that involves a chase towards the end of the film. Just about every type of gag gets thrown out there and the majority of them stick. There's also a very funny scene where Woolsey scares the future dead victim by singing a song about a black widow. Betty Grable play's Wheeler's girlfriend and the prime murder suspect and she's very good in her bit role. Black actor Willie Best has some of the funniest scenes, although most of them come in the form of racial jokes.