| Whoopee | |
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| Directed by | Thornton Freeland |
| Written by | William M. Conselman E.J. Rath (story) Robert Hobart Davis (story) Owen Davis (play) William Anthony McGuire (musical) |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn Florenz Ziegfeld |
| Starring | Eddie Cantor Ethel Shutta Eleanor Hunt |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes Ray Rennahan Gregg Toland |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
| Music by | Nacio Herb Brown Walter Donaldson Edward Eliscu |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.3 million[1] |
| Box office | $2,655,000[2] |
Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical Western film photographed in two-color Technicolor. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and stars Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Eleanor Hunt. The film's plot closely follows that of the 1928 stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld.
- ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. p. 106
- ^ "WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne. March 4, 1944. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012 – via National Library of Australia.