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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film Whoopee! I'm joined by Dan Pal who writes the PalCinema, Television, & Music newsletter, and we talk about how the film feels more like a collection of skits rather than it's ultimate form, some very problematic racial portrayals, and the legacy of some of the music that came out of this film and the preceding stage production.

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Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• Soup to Nuts directed by Benjamin Stoloff
• The King of Jazz directed by John Murray Anderson
• The Hollywood Revue of 1929 directed by Charles F. Reisner
• Flying Down to Rio directed by Thornton Freeland
• The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
• Kid Boots directed by Frank Tuttle
• The Jazz Singer directed by Alan Crosland
• The Fabulous Baker Boys directed by Steve Kloves
• All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
• Peter Pan directed by Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi
• Everyone Says I Love You directed by Woody Allen

Other referenced topics:

• The Beverly Hillbillies (series)
• Film Daily review
• Variety review
• Danny Reid on pre-code.com
• "Makin' Whoopee" scene from The Fabulous Baker Boys

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