Whoopee! is a Broadway musical comedy which debuted on 4 December 1928. The book is by William Anthony McGuire, featuring music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The original version was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld and starred Eddie Cantor and Ruth Etting. The two-act musical ran for 379 performances. A 1979 Broadway revival of the show ran 204 performances. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... In musical theater, a plays spoken lines are known as its book. ... Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 - July 15, 1947) was a prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s. ... Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886 - October 8, 1941) was a famous Jewish-German-American musician, songwriter and lyricist. ... 1928 Time cover featuring Ziegfeld Florenz Ziegfeld (March 21, 1869–July 22, 1932) was a Jewish-American Broadway impresario who achieved fame by perfecting the United States revue. ... Eddie Cantor in the 1920s Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was a comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, and one of the most popular entertainers in the United States of America in the early and middle 20th century. ... Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... A revival is a restaging of a former hit play at a later date. ...

Whoopee! is a 1930 musical comedy film adaptation of the popular Broadway show of the same name. Directed by Thornton Freeland, it was made in two-color Technicolor. It was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn. Whoopee! made a movie star of Eddie Cantor, already one of the leading Vaudeville and phonograph record stars of the United States. Other stars in the film are Eleanor Hunt, Ethel Shutta, and Paul Gregory. Future stars Betty Grable, Ann Sothern, and Virginia Bruce appear uncredited as "Goldwyn Girls". The film also launched the Hollywood career of Busby Berkeley and was Alfred Newman's first gig in Hollywood. Richard Day did the set designs and behind the camera was Gregg Toland, who later found fame with Orson Welles. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary. ... // Samuel Goldwyn (July, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a widely known motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. ... Ethel Shutta (pronounced shoo-tay) (1 December 1896 – 5 February 1976) was an American actress and singer, who came to prominence through her performances on Jack Bennys radio show, her role in the early Eddie Cantor musical Whoopee!, and her Broadway comeback in Follies at the age of 74. ... Betty Grable Ruth Elizabeth Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era. ... Ann Sothern Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American film actress. ... Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910–February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. ... ... Kaleidoscopic Choreography from Footlight Parade, 1933 Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895–March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... This page may be a user page mistakenly created as an article. ... Gregg Toland (1904-1948) was an influential American cinematographer, most noted for his work on Orson Welles Citizen Kane. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The story line of Whoopee! is somewhat aged by today's standards but there are several interesting moments in the movie, particularly Cantor's rendition of the song "Makin' Whoopee" (later a hit for Ray Charles), and some of the big production numbers with the Goldwyn Girls.

Whoopee! is an important but overlooked film in the history of the Hollywood musical. Made a year before the movie industry began to fully feel the effects of the Great Depression, it had a ticket price of $5 when it opened and made Samuel Goldwyn a lot of money. The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn, starting in 1929 (although it effects were not fully felt until late in 1930) and lasting through most of the 1930s. ... // Samuel Goldwyn (July, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a widely known motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ...

In the history of musicals, it shows a look years ahead of its time and foreshadows all of the great Warner Brothers musicals of the 1930s. Warner Bros. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

External links

• Whoopee! at the Internet Movie Database