1930 · samuel-goldwyn · cantor · early-color
Whoopee!
Directed by Thornton Freeland1h 33m1930
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
Our read: Whoopee! (1930) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive samuel-goldwyn · cantor · early-color entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle samuel-goldwyn / cantor, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- intimate
- funny
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