Hellzapoppin’ (1941 Future Cult Classic)

The thirteenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1941 features our future cult classic pick, H.C. Potter’s Hellzapoppin’. Directed by H.C. Potter and starring Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Hugh Herbert, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige and Mischa Auer, Hellzapoppin’ was based on Olsen and Johnson’s hit Broadway revue.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from T.S. in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1941/12/26/archives/hellzapoppin-makes-its-film-appearance-at-the-rivoli-youre-in-the.html), James Agee in Time (https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,849764-2,00.html), and Variety.

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