Wheeler & Woolsey/Dorothy Lee in HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY! (1934) @ The ARKADIN/$7

General Admission - $7

5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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### Presented by Forbidden Hollywood

Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood
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After the movie, we will gather for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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One thing the 1934 pre-Code musical comedy Hips, Hips, Hooray! can’t be accused of is not delivering on its title: there are hips galore, as evidenced by the bevy of scantily-clad female cast members who saunter across the screen, and plenty of hooray in the film’s zany plot turns (it’s about rival cosmetics companies, sort of), borderline deranged song-and-dance numbers, and cornball sense of humor. Directed for RKO by Mark Sandrich (who went on to helm several of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ most famous vehicles) and starring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey — a wildly popular comedy team in the early 1930s whose short-lived career means they haven’t sustained the legacy of some of their contemporaries — Hips, Hips, Hooray! showcases the duo’s brand of sexual comedy at its peak, with comedienne Thelma Todd, torch singer Ruth Etting, and Wheeler and Woolsey regular Dorothy Lee providing ample support.

NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has 43% on the Popcornmeter.

https://arkadincinema.com/event/hips-hips-hooray-1934-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hips,_Hips,_Hooray!