''The Gay Nighties'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film featuring

Clark & McCullough Clark and McCullough were a comedy team consisting of comedians Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough. They starred in a series of short films during the 1920s and 1930s. Bobby Clark was the fast-talking wisecracker with painted-on eyeglasses; Paul ...

and directed by Mark Sandrich.

Plot summary

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 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.

Cast

* Bobby Clark as B. Oglethorpe Hives *

Paul McCullough Paul Johnston McCullough (March 27, 1883 – March 25, 1936) was an American actor and comedian who was one half of the comedy duo Clark and McCullough, along with fellow comedian Bobby Clark. Early life and career Born in Springfield, O ...

as Blodgett * James Finlayson as Mr. Pipp * Dorothy Granger as Mrs. Beezley * John Sheehan as Mr. Beezley * Monte Collins as Hotel Detective * Sandra Shaw as Countess * Charles Williams as Sleepy Man

External links

* * 1933 films 1933 comedy films RKO Pictures short films American black-and-white films American comedy short films Films directed by Mark Sandrich 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{short-comedy-film-stub