Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934
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1h 12m

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Dorothy Lee, Thelma Todd, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)

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.Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.

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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
(uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

Innkeeper
(uncredited)

Kit Guard

Stable Boy
(uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Coach Driver
(uncredited)

Esther Howard

Robert's Serving Girl
(uncredited)

Alf James

Squire Dan Dale
(uncredited)

Marcia Mae Jones

Village Child
(uncredited)

Frank Mills

Bell Ringer
(uncredited)

Kewpie Morgan

Andrew - the Jailer
(uncredited)

Jack Norton

King's Physician
(uncredited)

Franklin Pangborn

Town Crier
(uncredited)

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Trivia
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 The Devil's Brother (1933) and Roman Scandals (1933) with Eddie Cantor, RKO decided to make a costume period piece. All that remains of "Frat Heads" are a few publicity stills.

Quotes
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.

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

Connections
Referenced in 100 Years of Comedy (1997)

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

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10/10

Costume Capers With Mr. Wheeler & Mr. Woolsey

A Duke's fleeing fiancée & a brutal Baron's wayward wife find unexpected help from two COCKEYED CAVALIERS.

This was the most lavish film to star the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler is the short fellow with the curly hair; Robert Woolsey is the skinny guy with the cigar) and it is a funny, frantic farce from start to finish. With a plot full of mistaken identities, distressed damsels, ferocious boars & goofy chases, Director Mark Sandrich never allows the pace to slow down for long.

Pert Dorothy Lee & beautiful, doomed Thelma Todd more than hold their own with the Boys and their antics. Robert Greig, as the Duke, is the perfect picture of a very obese sensualist. Noah Beery, as the Baron, is wonderful, as usual, as a beefy bully.

Movie mavens will spot Franklin Pangborn as a harmonious town crier and Billy Gilbert as a jolly innkeeper, both unbilled.

The Boys introduce the boisterous tavern song 'And The Big Bad Wolf Was Dead' - during which Beery gets to unleash his impressive basso profundo. Miss Lee & Hot Toddy join the Boys in trilling 'Dilly Dally.'