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The Gay Nighties (1933)
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Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

The Gay Nighties (1933)

Passed

Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

Clark & McCullough, as Hives and Blodgett, are campaign managers for political candidate Oliver Beezley. They plan to defeat Beezley's political rival, Commodore Amos Pipp (James Finlayson), by exploiting his weakness for women. Blodgett ...See moreClark & McCullough, as Hives and Blodgett, are campaign managers for political candidate Oliver Beezley. They plan to defeat Beezley's political rival, Commodore Amos Pipp (James Finlayson), by exploiting his weakness for women. Blodgett is to be disguised as a beautiful woman to entrap Pipp, but with his moustache he proves unconvincing in drag--Hives declares, "Even the Commodore wouldn't fall for a buzzard like you!"--and Hives instead enlists the help of Mrs. Beezley (Dorothy Granger) to carry out the scheme. First, though, they have to stay out of the line of fire, and ahead of the police, the nearsighted house detective (Monte Collins), a sleepy man with a cot (Charles Williams), and a somnambulist Countess (Sandra Shaw) with her afghan hound. See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Bobby Clark B. Oglethorpe Hives B. Oglethorpe Hives See fewer	Kraft Theatre (1947)
Paul McCullough Blodgett Blodgett See fewer	Music Fiends (1929)
James Finlayson Mr. Amos Pipp Mr. Amos Pipp See fewer	Way Out West (1937)
Dorothy Granger Mrs. Sylvia Beezley (as Dorothy Grainger) Mrs. Sylvia Beezley (as Dorothy Grainger) See fewer	I've Been Around (1935)
John Sheehan Mr. Oliver Beezley Mr. Oliver Beezley See fewer	The Criminal Code (1930)
Monte Collins Hotel Detective Hotel Detective See fewer	Campus Sleuth (1948)
Sandra Shaw Countess Countess See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Charles Williams Timid Man Timid Man See fewer	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Frank O'Connor Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) See fewer	Religious Racketeers (1938)