Whoopee!

Released Sep 30, 1930

1h 33m

Musical

Comedy

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100%

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5 Reviews

67%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

In this zany musical, Sally (Eleanor Hunt) loves Wanenis (Paul Gregory), a Native American man, but her father has forbidden her to marry him. Instead, she has been convinced to marry Sheriff Bob Wells (John Rutherford). At the last minute, however, Sally decides she loves Wanenis too much and tricks farmhand Henry Williams (Eddie Cantor) into helping her run away to the ranch of Jerome Underwood (Spencer Charters). When Wells comes looking for Sally, it proves trouble for the oblivious Henry.

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Dennis Schwartz

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Snappy stage-bound musical comedy.

Rated: B-

Mar 1, 2015

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Absolutely charming--and gloriously dated--Cantor vehicle. In two-strip Tech...and Cantor recreating his Broadway sensation.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 1, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Nov 5, 2004

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rated: 4/5

Mar 12, 2004

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Probably as close as we'll ever get to seeing what a 1920s Broadway stage musical was like.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 24, 2003

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Louisa E

More like Whoopsie to me. The plot was ok, but I couldn't get past the racism. The acting was terrible; some of the worst I've seen. I know it's a comedy but jeesh! The songs were cute but maybe a little long. The saving grace of this movie is the beautiful Busby Berkley dance sequences. Great ideas and exciting camera angles for optimal effect. It got a little boring with the hats, but there were so many different ones that were so much fun to watch. Get rid of the rest of the movie, and just let me enjoy the dances.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/09/23

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Audience Member

This made a movie star of Eddie Cantor, already one of the leading stars on Broadway and musical comedies. It also launched the Hollywood career of Busby Berkeley and was Alfred Newman's first composing job in Hollywood. It's a musical where a white woman falls for a Native American man and will do anything she can to make it work.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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The best musical comedy movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Eddie Cantor made an auspicious feature film debut (he sings "My Baby Just Cares for Me" and "Makin' Whoopee") in this glittery Samuel Goldwyn production, with production numbers staged by Busby Berkeley.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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An entertaining, obviously dated film but the film which gave us the song Making Whoopee which is in my mind a standard classic of the 30's. Based on the Broadway musical Whoopee itself based on the play The Nervous Wreck. Eddie Cantor was a comedic star on broadway and this helped his transition to film. This is definitely an early SCREWBALL comedy. The comedy is actually quite good and it's the musical numbers which are most dated and drag the film down for modern audiences I think. Worth a viewing for film buffs - early colour film, fairly close recreation of the stage version, good early comedy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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i'm not a fan of eddie cantor nor of this star vehicle tailored 4 him i don't understand why he was so big he thought he was alot funnier than he is

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Thornton Freeland

Director

Eddie Cantor

Henry Williams

Eleanor Hunt

Sally Morgan

Paul Gregory

Wanenis

Jack Rutherford

Sheriff Bob Wells

Ethel Shutta

Mary Custer

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Synopsis

In this zany musical, Sally (Eleanor Hunt) loves Wanenis (Paul Gregory), a Native American man, but her father has forbidden her to marry him. Instead, she has been convinced to marry Sheriff Bob Wells (John Rutherford). At the last minute, however, Sally decides she loves Wanenis too much and tricks farmhand Henry Williams (Eddie Cantor) into helping her run away to the ranch of Jerome Underwood (Spencer Charters). When Wells comes looking for Sally, it proves trouble for the oblivious Henry.

Director: Thornton Freeland
Production Co: The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 1930, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 9, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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