On Again-Off Again

On Again-Off Again
On Again-Off Again
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Directed by	Edward Cline
Written by	Nat Perrin (screenplay); Benny Rubin (screenplay)
Produced by	Lee S. Marcus; Samuel J. Briskin (executive producer)
Starring	Bert Wheeler ; Robert Woolsey ; Marjorie Lord ; Patricia Wilder ; Esther Muir
Cinematography	Jack MacKenzie
Edited by	John Lockert
Music by	Dave Dreyer ; Roy Webb
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	July 9, 1937;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated November 09, 2025

On Again-Off Again is a 1937 American musical comedy film released by RKO Radio Pictures and starring the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey.^[1]

Plot

William Hobbs and Claude Horton own a drug-manufacturing company and continuously bicker with each another. Their lawyer George Dilwig suggests a wrestling match between the two men, with the winner gaining full ownership of the company and the loser serving as the winner's butler for one year.

Cast

Bert Wheeler as William Hobbs
Robert Woolsey as Claude Horton
Marjorie Lord as Florence Cole
Patricia Wilder as Gertie Green
Esther Muir as Nettie Horton
Paul Harvey as Mr. Applegate
Russell Hicks as George Dilwig
George Meeker as Tony
Maxine Jennings as Miss Meeker
Kitty McHugh as Miss Parker
Hal K. Dawson as Sanford
Alec Harford as Slip Grogan
Pat Flaherty as Mr. Green

Production

The film is based on the 1914 play A Pair of Sixes by Edward Peple.

Robert Woolsey was suffering from kidney disease throughout production of the film and experienced constant pain.

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times , critic Thomas M. Pryor wrote: "The new opus is no better and, perhaps, no worse than most of their previous excursions in the realm of low comedy. The boys are to be commended for their continued unabashed delivery of old gags."^[2]

References

↑ "On Again--Off Again". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
↑ Pryor, Thomas M. (1937-09-18). "The Screen". The New York Times . p. 15.

External links

On Again-Off Again at IMDb

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[afi-1] "On Again--Off Again". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

[nytreview-2] Pryor, Thomas M. (1937-09-18). "The Screen". The New York Times . p. 15.

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