Chic Johnson

Ghost Catchers (1944)

Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Leo Carrillo  •  Gloria Jean

Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Leo Carrillo  •  Gloria Jean

See My Lawyer (1945)

Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Franklin Pangborn  •  Alan Curtis

Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Franklin Pangborn  •  Alan Curtis

Johnny at the Fair (1947)

At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Olsen
CAST:  Charlie Pachter  •  Harry Pachter  •  Sara Pachter  •  Lorne Greene

At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Olsen
CAST:  Charlie Pachter  •  Harry Pachter  •  Sara Pachter  •  Lorne Greene

All Over Town (1937)

Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James W. Horne
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Mary Howard  •  Harry Stockwell

Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James W. Horne
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Mary Howard  •  Harry Stockwell

Country Gentlemen (1936)

After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find themselves accused of kidnapping a young boy to whom they offered a ride. When that misunderstanding is cleared up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Joyce Compton  •  Lila Lee

After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find themselves accused of kidnapping a young boy to whom they offered a ride. When that misunderstanding is cleared up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Joyce Compton  •  Lila Lee

Hellzapoppin' (1941)

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Martha Raye  •  Hugh Herbert

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Martha Raye  •  Hugh Herbert

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (1932)

"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin introduces Bing Crosby, who engages in some comedy byplay with George Burns and Gracie Allen, after which the crooner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Lewyn
CAST:  Stuart Erwin  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Burns

"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin introduces Bing Crosby, who engages in some comedy byplay with George Burns and Gracie Allen, after which the crooner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Lewyn
CAST:  Stuart Erwin  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Burns

Crazy House (1943)

Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Cass Daley  •  Martha O'Driscoll

Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Ole Olsen  •  Chic Johnson  •  Cass Daley  •  Martha O'Driscoll

Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930)

Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Irene Delroy  •  Charles King  •  Lowell Sherman  •  Vivien Oakland

Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Irene Delroy  •  Charles King  •  Lowell Sherman  •  Vivien Oakland

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Schlossberg
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Arliss  •  Jean Arthur

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Schlossberg
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Arliss  •  Jean Arthur

Gold Dust Gertie (1931)

Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Winnie Lightner  •  Chic Johnson  •  Claude Gillingwater  •  Dorothy Christy

Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Winnie Lightner  •  Chic Johnson  •  Claude Gillingwater  •  Dorothy Christy