#HELLZAPOPPIN

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[redsea8me]

I love you Hellzapoppin, my favourite blorbo doomed by the narrative (me)

[jerrylewisphotocollection]

Poster for the ill-fated Hellzapoppin, 1976

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Hellzapoppin' (H.C. Potter, 1941)

[thesobsister]

Newsreel coverage of the Royal Command Performance in November 1937. Most notable for stage footage of the Crazy Gang, a loose confederation of double acts (Flanagan and Allen, Nervo and Knox, Naughton and Gold) who banded together for madcap revues not entirely dissimilar to Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin and the like.

In fact, Olsen and Johnson visited London and were greeted by the Crazy Gang in 1948, a decade after the latter's show debuted on Broadway:

Olsen and Johnson had a long career, perhaps surprisingly long, given that their act was based on chaos and unpredictability. Their final TV show was this intriguing amalgam of acts. Paul Winchell and Señor Wences on the same show? Violating the "two vents" rule, and I like it.

[grunglled]

A classic dance clip from Hellzapoppin

[make-a-little-mischief]

It's Saturday and Hellzapoppin

[oldshowbiz]

Once upon a time this was a really difficult movie to find, but thanks to the internet it is now available everywhere.

[jerrylewis-thekid]

In 1976, producer Alexander H. Cohen signed Lewis to star in a revival of Olsen and Johnson's musical-comedy revue Hellzapoppin. "I do think that to succeed today, a comedy revue requires a larger-than-life comic," Cohen told syndicated columnist Jack O'Brian. "That is why I have engaged Jerry Lewis to star in the new production of Hellzapoppin, which I'm preparing for the coming season." Cohen had revived Hellzapoppin as a TV special in 1972, and was impressed by the contributions of Lynn Redgrave; he signed her to appear opposite Lewis. This was Lewis's first Broadway show, and was so eagerly awaited that NBC-TV promised Cohen $1,000,000 for the rights to broadcast the opening night live on national television.

Out-of-town tryouts were staged in Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Boston to excellent business but mixed reviews. There was turmoil behind the scenes, as comedy star Lewis dominated the production and had serious arguments with producer Cohen, co-star Redgrave, and writer-adaptor Abe Burrows. "Lewis and Miss Redgrave had been having a much publicized feud," according to an account in the Pittsburgh Press. "He would neither rehearse nor perform any songs with her, reports said." The backstage chaos extended to several sudden cast changes during the Boston run.

On January 18, 1977, NBC executives flew to Boston to see the show, and their reactions were so negative that Cohen closed the show immediately and canceled both the Broadway engagement and the TV spectacular, forfeiting the million-dollar payment from NBC. "It's not ready for Broadway and cannot be made so in three remaining weeks before the opening," Cohen said. Cohen's spokesman subsequently announced that the stars would be replaced: "Recasting means recasting, and that's it." From wikipedia

[alfred-st-john]

Mischa Auer & George Davis Hellzapoppin' (1941)

[redsea8me]

WAIIITTTT a continuation of that one image I did of Hellzapoppin and Dec ☝️☝️☝️

You just KNOW I never miss the opportunity to draw my one and only, so here they are!! Dancing away!!

[jerrylewisphotocollection]

Jerry with Hellzapoppin co-star Lynne Redgrave in a rare publicity photograph for the production.

[garm-wars]

[nine-frames]

“Gentlemen, Gentlemen. May I take your picture?”

Hellzapoppin’, 1941.

Dir. H.C. Potter | Writ. Nat Perrin &  Warren Wilson

[a-glen-cherry]

My Hazbin Hotel oc!!!!!!

I NEED A NAME!!!!!!!!!