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The Gay Nighties

2.3/10

June 22, 1933

20 minutes

Mark Sandrich

Comedy

Overview

This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the picture in a dress, and Bobby Clark does an extended riff on the word "Alright!" which Lou Costello later stole verbatim. There is a political frameup, a nearsighted hotel house detective, and the ever-popular upstairs motorcycle chase.

Movie Details

Release Date

June 22, 1933

Runtime

20 minutes

Director

Mark Sandrich

Rating

2.3/10

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast

Bobby Clark

B. Oglethorpe Hives

Paul McCullough

Blodgett

James Finlayson

Mr. Amos Pipp

Dorothy Granger

Mrs. Sylvia Beezley

John Sheehan

Mr. Oliver Beezley

Monte Collins

Hotel Detective

Sandra Shaw

Countess

Charles Williams

Timid Man

Frank O'Connor

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)