Ole Olsen

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

Fighting Mad (1939)

Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger and Leon capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issued for her arrest as a material witness. The bank robbers flee across the border into Canada where they steal a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  James Newill  •  Sally Blane  •  Benny Rubin  •  Dave O'Brien

Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger and Leon capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issued for her arrest as a material witness. The bank robbers flee across the border into Canada where they steal a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  James Newill  •  Sally Blane  •  Benny Rubin  •  Dave O'Brien

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

Cinema Circus (1937)

Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy introduces a number of professional circus acts, plus a cavalcade of movie stars who have side shows under the open ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rowland
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  James Gleason  •  Alice Faye  •  Cliff Edwards

Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy introduces a number of professional circus acts, plus a cavalcade of movie stars who have side shows under the open ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rowland
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  James Gleason  •  Alice Faye  •  Cliff Edwards

Paroled from the Big House (1938)

A federal agent poses as a criminal to infiltrate a gang of parolees seeking vengeance on the lawmen who jailed them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmer Clifton
CAST:  Jean Carmen  •  Ted Adams  •  George Eldredge  •  Milburn Stone

A federal agent poses as a criminal to infiltrate a gang of parolees seeking vengeance on the lawmen who jailed them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmer Clifton
CAST:  Jean Carmen  •  Ted Adams  •  George Eldredge  •  Milburn Stone

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