The Gay Nighties

The Gay Nighties

20 mins | Comedy | June 22, 1933

This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the picture in a dress, and Bobby Clark does an extended riff on the word "Alright!" which Lou Costello later stole verbatim. There is a political frameup, a nearsighted hotel house detective, and the ever-popular upstairs motorcycle chase.

The Gay Nighties

20 mins | Comedy | June 22, 1933

The Gay Nighties
This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the picture in a dress, and Bobby Clark does an extended riff on the word "Alright!" which Lou Costello later stole verbatim. There is a political frameup, a nearsighted hotel house detective, and the ever-popular upstairs motorcycle chase.
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Gay Nighties
Directors Mark Sandrich
Writers Bobby Clark, John Grey, Ben Holmes, Mark Sandrich

Cast

Bobby Clark

as B. Oglethorpe Hives

Paul McCullough

as Blodgett

James Finlayson

as Mr. Amos Pipp

Dorothy Granger

as Mrs. Sylvia Beezley

John Sheehan

as Mr. Oliver Beezley

Monte Collins

as Hotel Detective

Sandra Shaw

as Countess

Charles Williams

as Timid Man

Frank O'Connor

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)