Crazy House (1943 film)

Crazy House
Crazy House
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Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Robert Lees;
Starring	Ole Olsen; Chic Johnson; Cass Daley
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Arthur Hilton
Music by
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 8, 1943 (U.S.); May 22, 1944 (Sweden); July 31, 1950 (Denmark);
Running time	80 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million (US rentals)

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
Ray Walker as Radio Host at Drive-In
James Dime as dead end character^[2]

References[]

^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
^ "James Dime". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

External links[]

Crazy House at the American Film Institute Catalog
Crazy House at IMDb
Crazy House at AllMovie

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[1] "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54

[2] "James Dime". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

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