Crazy House (1943 film)

Crazy House
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Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Robert Lees Frederic I. Rinaldo
Starring	Ole Olsen Chic Johnson Cass Daley
Music by	George Hale
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Arthur Hilton
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	October 8, 1943 (1943-10-08) (U.S.) May 22, 1944 (1944-05-22) (Sweden) July 31, 1950 (1950-07-31) (Denmark)
Running time	80 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million (US rentals)^[1]

Crazy House is a 1943 comedy film starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson as Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie. Financed by an eccentric "angel" (Percy Kilbride), the completed feature is set to premiere when angry creditors confiscate most of the film. Olsen and Johnson keep the preview going, anyway, and their venture is a success.

Crazy House is notable for its impressive cast of supporting comedians (Percy Kilbride, Cass Daley, Shemp Howard, Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Richard Lane, Andrew Tombes, Chester Clute, and Hans Conried) and guest stars under contract to Universal at the time (Allan Jones, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, Robert Paige, Leo Carrillo, Johnny Mack Brown, Andy Devine).

Cast

Ole Olsen as Himself
Chic Johnson as Himself
Cass Daley as Herself/Sadie Silverfish
Martha O'Driscoll as Marjorie Nelson, alias Marjorie Wyndingham
Patric Knowles as Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
Percy Kilbride as Col. Cornelius Merriweather
Hans Conried as Roco
Leighton Noble as Himself
Richard Lane as Hanley
Thomas Gomez as N.G. Wagstaff
Billy Gilbert as Sid Drake
Edgar Kennedy as Judge
Andrew Tombes as Horace L. Gregory
Chester Clute as Fud
Franklin Pangborn as Hotel clerk
Shemp Howard as Mumbo
Fred Sanborn as Jumbo
Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing and Thelma Carpenter

References

↑ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54

External links

Crazy House at the American Film Institute Catalog
Crazy House at the Internet Movie Database
Crazy House at AllMovie

Films directed by Edward F. Cline

Circus Days (1923)
Three Ages (1923)
Captain January (1924)
Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
Along Came Ruth (1924)
The Rag Man (1925)
Old Clothes (1925)
Let It Rain (1927)
Soft Cushions (1927)
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
The Forward Pass (1929)
In the Next Room (1930)
Sweet Mama (1930)
Leathernecking (1930)
The Widow from Chicago (1930)
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
The Naughty Flirt (1931)
Cracked Nuts (1931)
The Girl Habit (1931)
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
Parole Girl (1933)
So This Is Africa (1933)
Fighting to Live (1934)
Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
The Dude Ranger (1934)
When a Man's a Man (1935)
The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)
F-Man (1936)
On Again-Off Again (1937)
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
High Flyers (1937)
Hawaii Calls (1938)
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
Breaking the Ice (1938)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
What's Cookin'? (1942)
Private Buckaroo (1942)
Give Out, Sisters (1942)
Crazy House (1943)
Hat Check Honey (1944)
Bringing Up Father (1946)
Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)

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