# Hellzapoppin' (1941)

> A wildly self-aware musical farce turns backstage romance, Broadway ambition, and vaudeville chaos into an assault on cinematic order.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/11580

## Facts

- Runtime: 84 min
- Genres: Music, Comedy, Romance
- Director: H. C. Potter
- Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Hugh Herbert, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Mischa Auer, Richard Lane
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033704/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: anarchic, irreverent, frenetic, classic movie night, comedy marathon

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