On Again-Off Again is a 1937 American musical comedy film released by RKO Radio Pictures and starring the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey.[1]
Plot
William Hobbs and Claude Horton own a drug-manufacturing company and continuously bicker with each another. Their lawyer George Dilwig suggests a wrestling match between the two men, with the winner gaining full ownership of the company and the loser serving as the winner's butler for one year.
Cast
- Bert Wheeler as William Hobbs
- Robert Woolsey as Claude Horton
- Marjorie Lord as Florence Cole
- Patricia Wilder as Gertie Green
- Esther Muir as Nettie Horton
- Paul Harvey as Mr. Applegate
- Russell Hicks as George Dilwig
- George Meeker as Tony
- Maxine Jennings as Miss Meeker
- Kitty McHugh as Miss Parker
- Hal K. Dawson as Sanford
- Alec Harford as Slip Grogan
- Pat Flaherty as Mr. Green
Production
The film is based on the 1914 play A Pair of Sixes by Edward Peple.
Robert Woolsey was suffering from kidney disease throughout production of the film and experienced constant pain.
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Thomas M. Pryor wrote: "The new opus is no better and, perhaps, no worse than most of their previous excursions in the realm of low comedy. The boys are to be commended for their continued unabashed delivery of old gags."[2]
References
- ^ "On Again--Off Again". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ Pryor, Thomas M. (1937-09-18). "The Screen". The New York Times. p. 15.
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