Hold 'Em Jail

1932
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1h 6min

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Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueTwo yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

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Anecdotes
This film did poorly at the box office, resulting in a loss to "RKO" of $55,000 according to studio records.

Gaffes
Near the beginning Warden Jones gets a letter from the warden of Lynwood Prison that their scheduled football game is to be played on the 29th. Later in the picture, after the quarterback has been pardoned, Barbara exclaims the game is on the 14th.

Citations
Violet Jones: That's funny - I can't seem to hit that top note.
Spider Robbins: Perhaps it's just as well. Where did you learn to sing, anyway?
Violet Jones: I spent four years in Paris. Of course, I'm not a virtuoso.
Spider Robbins: Not after four years in Paris, no.
Violet Jones: I trust we're both talking about the same thing?

Crédits fous
Opening credits are shown on a prison wall.

Connexions
References Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929)

Bandes originales
Jingle Bells
(1857) (uncredited)
Written by James Pierpont
Sung a cappella a bit by Robert Woolsey

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Fine W&W Vehicle

This film really displays the differences in style between Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy. In "Pardon Us", Stan and Oliver are sent to prison, and in every situation where they try to be helpful, they end up with the short end of the stick. When Bert and Bob are sent to prison, they end up running the place after a short time. Wheeler and Woolsey certainly did not possess Stan Laurel's comic genius, but they are optimistic and make us feel that the underdog can triumph. We do not sympathize with Bert and Bob the way we do with Stan and Oliver. Bert and Bob are too arrogant and too aggressive for our sympathy, but we do get a special delight in seeing them triumph.

Edgar Kennedy is very funny as the warden and teen-age Betty Grable is as cute as can be as the warden's daughter. The football sequence is not as funny as the Marx Brothers' "Horse Feathers", but it is amusing. Edna May Oliver and Roscoe Ates add their brands of insanity to the mixture. I only wish there were some musical numbers to spotlight the abilities of Bert, Bob, and Betty Grable. For low comedy fans, this film is certainly worth viewing.