On Again-Off Again

On Again-Off Again

68 mins | Comedy | July 9, 1937

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs (Wheeler) and Claude Augustus Horton (Woolsey), who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!

On Again-Off Again

68 mins | Comedy | July 9, 1937

On Again-Off Again
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs (Wheeler) and Claude Augustus Horton (Woolsey), who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title On Again-Off Again
Directors Edward F. Cline
Writers Benny Rubin, Nat Perrin

Cast

Bert Wheeler

as William Hobbs

Robert Woolsey

as Claude Horton

Marjorie Lord

as Florence Cole

Esther Muir

as Nettie Horton

Patricia Wilder

as Gertie Green

Paul Harvey

as Mr. Applegate

Russell Hicks

as George Dilwig

Maxine Jennings

as Miss Meeker

Kitty McHugh

as Miss Parker

George Meeker

as Tony Toler

Hal K. Dawson

as Sanford

Pat Flaherty

as Mr. Green

Alec Harford

as Slip Grogan

George Barton

as Chauffeur

Alan Bruce

as Attendant

Jack Carson

as Cop

William Corson

as Smith

Jerry Frank

as Party Guest

Eunice Healey

as Tap Dancer

Ann Hovey

as Cheerleader

Phyllis Kennedy

as Dancing Office Worker

Donald Kerr

as Mug Butler

Marie Marks

as Secretary

Dorothy Moore

as Bit

Jane Walsh

as Nurse

Arleen Whelan

as Bit