Two salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.Two salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.Two salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.
James P. Burtis
- Sweeney
- (as James Burtis)
Stanley Blystone
- Race Driver
- (uncredited)
True Boardman
- Sports Announcer
- (uncredited)
Marjorie Brandon
- Animal-Print Model
- (uncredited)
June Brewster
- Mr. Clark's Secretary
- (uncredited)
Thelma Bruskoff
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
Marion Byron
- Page Girl
- (uncredited)
Jean Carmen
- Blonde
- (uncredited)
Nat Carr
- Gas Station Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the song "Keep On Doing What You're Doing", Dorothy Lee is dropped on her back. Although she carries on, and finishes the number, the injury to her spine left her in pain for the rest of her life.
- GoofsDuring the "Keep On Doing What You're Doing" number Thelma Todd loses the bottom two buttons from her dress. One can be seen flying off before she goes out to the balcony. The other is lost outside. She starts the dance with one button centered at the top and six down the side. As the dance ends, there are only four left on the side.
- Quotes
Miss Frisby: Two minds and a single thought.
Dr. Dudley: Yes, it's about all they can handle at one time.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
- SoundtracksKeep Romance Alive
(1933) (uncredited)
Written by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar
Sung by Ruth Etting
Danced by chorus girls twice
Danced by Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey
Played often in the score
Featured review
Pucker up and sing!
As an art deco dream, this risqué pre code silliness is an RKO deluxe farce with their in house duo W&W. It all depends on your taste for their shyster/naive antics and you might find their style grating if unaware what to expect. If you know W&W then settle in for the usual gay romp except this time the RKO art direction and set design is a major star as well...esp in the first half. As a story line, well there almost isn't one apart from them trying to get laid and sell flavored lipsticks in a skyscraper. The second half is a ridiculous car chase with cartoon style stunts and yelling. The film opens with a delicious beauty plea by Ruth Etting as the RKO showgirls lounge nude in bubble baths with strategically placed perfume bottles. One later scene is a demolition derby to music of someone's gorgeous deco office... and yet another taste test lip locking surprise features some really rude gags. The costumes on the showgirls out rival the S&M look of LULLABY OF Broadway a year later. Made a year before the censorship code of 1934, HIPS HIPS HOORAY is about as rude and funny as it could be for the time... but today the real star of the film is the RKO set and design department.
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- Budget
- $336,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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