Half Shot at Sunrise

1930
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1h 18min

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Leni Stengel, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.The stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.The stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.

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Rôles principaux21

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Bert Wheeler

Tommy Turner

Robert Woolsey

Gilbert Simpson

Dorothy Lee

Annette Marshall

George MacFarlane

Col. Marshall

Edna May Oliver

Mrs. Marshall

Leni Stengel

Olga

Hugh Trevor

Lt. Jim Reed

Roberta Robinson

Eileen

Jack Rutherford

MP Sergeant
(as John Rutherford)

Original John Tiller Girls

Performers
(as The Tiller Sunshine Girls)

William Bechtel

Restaurant Patron
(non crédité)

E.H. Calvert

Gen. Hale
(non crédité)

Stanley Campbell

Undetermined Secondary Role
(non crédité)

André Cheron

French Waiter
(non crédité)

Edgar De Lange

Military Policeman
(non crédité)

Alexander Ikonnikov

Undetermined Secondary Role
(non crédité)

Owen Martin

Undetermined Secondary Role
(non crédité)

Alan Roscoe

Capt. Jones
(non crédité)

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Anecdotes
This film was a hit at the box office, earning "RKO" a profit of $400,000 ($5.98M in 2019) according to studio records.

Gaffes
After a number with Tommy and Gilbert, Annette jumps off the roof of the car, expecting to be caught by the pair, but isn't. She lands on her posterior beside the car. In the next shot, when one of the MPs run up, she's in the same position but much further from the car.

Citations
Annette Marshall: Are you married?
Tommy Turner: No, I just naturally look worried.

Crédits fous
Opening credits are shown over a battlefield scene, with barbed wire.

Connexions
Featured in Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)

Bandes originales
WHISTLING THE BLUES AWAY
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Tierney
Lyrics by Anne Caldwell
Performed by Bert Wheeler & Dorothy Lee
Later danced at Pierre's café by Original John Tiller Girls

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4/10

Shoot them whenever you want

Tommy (Bert Wheeler) and Gilbert (Robert Woolsey) have gone AWOL from the army in Paris and are running around chasing girls. Col. Marshall (George MacFarlane) wants them arrested. However, his daughter Annette (Dorothy Lee) bumps into Tommy and they fall in love. Olga (Leni Stengel) meets with Gilbert and they also fall in love. Annette has a plan that will make heroes out of Tommy and Gilbert..............

Wheeler and Woolsey (the one with the glasses) act out various set-piece scenes, most of which are crammed with obvious one-liners and aren't very funny. Dorothy Lee is good in her scenes even if a little wooden at times - but she is not bad as the actors who play the military police. They are terrible! Mrs Marshall (Edna May Oliver) is the best of the cast.

There are 3 good bits in the film - the first dance with Wheeler and Lee (she is very good to watch); the 2nd dance with Wheeler, Wooster and Lee (watch her final landing and subsequent explanation as she jumps off a truck); and there is a funny moment at the restaurant where Tommy, disguised as a waiter, serves the food to the Colonel and his wife. That's your lot for entertainment - it's not a catastrophe but the film mostly drags.