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Caught Plastered is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film, released by RKO Radio Pictures and starring the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey. Plot [ edit ] Tommy Tanner (Wheeler) and Egbert G. Higginbotham (Woolsey) are two vaudevillians who were kicked out of the last town they performed in.
Caught Plastered: Directed by William A. Seiter. With Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Lucy Beaumont. Wheeler and Woolsey play two unemployed vaudevillians who get involved in helping an old lady save her moribund drug store.
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- Comedy, Musical
- William A. Seiter
- 1931-09-05
Sep 20, 2015 · He notes: Caught Plastered is filled with some amusing bits and laugh out loud moments, yet it never really comes together. The laughs start to peter out toward the end as the film begins to rely more on plot than gags in the third act. Still, it makes for a breezy (if forgettable) little flick; one that any Wheeler and Woolsey fan should ...
The working title of the film was Full of Notions.The onscreen opening credits were superimposed over an animated background. According to a Film Daily news item, Charles O'Malley was a cast member, but his participation in the final film has not been confirmed.
- William Seiter, Edward Killy
- Bert Wheeler
Synopsis. Wheeler and Woolsey play two unemployed vaudevillians who get involved in helping an old lady save her moribund drug store. Problems and laughs begin when the villain spikes the Lemon Sodas they are selling.
CAUGHT PLASTERED (RKO, 1931), directed by William A. Seiter, is a rare find on television these days. It stars the once popular but highly forgotten comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, Wheeler as the dizzy character with a talent for singing and dancing; Woolsey the one with the glasses, cigar and wisecracks like comedian Groucho Marx, but nobody can top the old Grouch.
Mar 22, 2013 · But at their best — in movies like “Caught Plastered” (1931), “Peach-O-Reno” (1931) and “Diplomaniacs” (1933), all directed by the masterly William A. Seiter — Wheeler and Woolsey ...
