On Again—Off Again (1937)
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Writers:
Nat Perrin, Benny Rubin.
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Bert Wheeler as William Hobbs |
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Robert Woolsey as Claude Horton |
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Marjorie Lord as Florence Cole |
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Esther Muir as Nettie Horton |
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Patricia Wilder as Gertie Green |
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Paul Harvey as Mr. Applegate |
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Russell Hicks as George Dilwig |
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Maxine Jennings as Miss Meeker |
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Kitty McHugh as Miss Parker |
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George Meeker as Tony Toler |
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Hal K. Dawson as Sanford |
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Pat Flaherty as Mr. Green |
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Alec Harford as Slip Grogan |
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George Barton as Chauffeur |
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Alan Bruce as Attendant |
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Jack Carson as Cop |
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William Corson as Smith |
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Charlotte Dabney as Bit |
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Jerry Frank as Party Guest |
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Eunice Healey as Tap Dancer |
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Ann Hovey as Cheerleader |
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Phyllis Kennedy as Dancing Office Worker |
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Donald Kerr as Mug Butler |
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Marie Marks as Secretary |
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Dorothy Moore as Bit |
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Lillian O'Malley as Cook |
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Jane Walsh as Nurse |
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Arleen Whelan as Bit |
| Directing | Edward F. Cline | Director |
| Writing | Nat Perrin | Screenplay |
| Production | Lee S. Marcus | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renié | Costume Design |
| Writing | Benny Rubin | Screenplay |
| Editing | John Lockert | Editor |
| Art | Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Camera | Jack MacKenzie | Director of Photography |