Gibier de potence

Titre original : Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934
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1h 12min

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Dorothy Lee, Thelma Todd, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Gibier de potence (1934)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueTwo yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.

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6,5/10

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Rôles principaux22

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Bert Wheeler

Bert Winstanley

Robert Woolsey

Robert Maltravers

Thelma Todd

Lady Genevieve

Dorothy Lee

Mary Ann Dale

Noah Beery

Baron Moxford

Robert Greig

The Duke of Weskit

Henry Sedley

Sir Thomas Markham

Frank Baker

Tavern Customer
(non crédité)

Billy Gilbert

Innkeeper
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Kit Guard

Stable Boy
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Charlie Hall

Coach Driver
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Esther Howard

Robert's Serving Girl
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Alf James

Squire Dan Dale
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Marcia Mae Jones

Village Child
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Frank Mills

Bell Ringer
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Kewpie Morgan

Andrew - the Jailer
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Jack Norton

King's Physician
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Franklin Pangborn

Town Crier
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Histoire

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Anecdotes
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were originally scheduled to star in a college spoof entitled "Frat Heads", but with the success of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's Fra Diavolo (1933) and Scandales romains (1933) with Eddie Cantor, RKO decided to make a costume period piece. All that remains of "Frat Heads" are a few publicity stills.

Citations
Bert: You blew your nose!
Bob: I did not blow my nose. It was your imagination!
Bert: Oh, no. My imagination doesn't make a noise like that.

Crédits fous
During the opening title credit, the letters start out of line, then line up straight, then return to being off center.

Connexions
Referenced in 100 Years of Comedy (1997)

Bandes originales
News
(1934) (uncredited)
Written by Will Jason and Val Burton
Sung by Franklin Pangborn and Chorus

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6/10

Harmless & Light Hearted Fun

Similar to Laurel and Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were a (lesser known) comedy team of the 1930's. "Cockeyed Cavaliers" is the only one of their movies I've ever seen. It's a lively, fun little movie, full of obviously deliberate anachronisms featuring Wheeler and Woolsey as a couple of ne'er do wells in 17th century (?) England, who get mistaken for the King's physicians.

The movie has an imaginative musical opening, and several musical numbers scattered throughout (The Big, Bad Wolf was great fun.) Wheeler and Woolsey get to join in the song and dance routines, and they even find romance along the way. There are also a fair number of laughs around Woolsey's character being a kleptomaniac who steals - literally - anything and everything, up to and including horses and carriages. It's a little difficult to accept that Dorothy Lee (who played Woolsey's love interest) could have been mistaken for a boy - but I guess that's just part of the movie's quirky charm.

I'm just not much of a fan of the comedy teams of this era unfortunately. (No - not even Laurel & Hardy.) But, still, this is an enjoyable enough movie to pass some time with. Fans of the genre if this era would rate this much higher than I do. (6/10)