Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 American pre-Code slapstick comedy starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee. During its initial theatrical run, it was preceded by the two-color Technicolor short Not Tonight, Josephine, directed by Edward F. Cline. Plot
Amelia Frisby owns a beauty-supply business. Andy Williams and Dr. Bob Dudley convince her to hire them as salesman to promote her new flavored lipstick. Cast
 Bert Wheeler as Andy Williams
 Robert Woolsey as Dr. Bob Dudley
 Dorothy Lee as Daisy Maxwell
 Thelma Todd as Amelia Frisby
 Ruth Etting as Herself
 Phyllis Barry as Madame Irene
 Matt Briggs as Det. Epstein
 James P. Burtis as Detective Sweeney
 Spencer Charters as Clark
 George Meeker as Armand Beauchamp
 Doris McMahon as Maid
 Thelma White as Blonde (uncredited)

Production
A romantic subplot involving Ruth Etting was planned, but it was removed from the film. Despite her high billing, Etting only has one scene. The film features Etting singing "Keep Romance Alive" and Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee singing "Keep on Doin' What You're Doin'" by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, a song originally intended for the Marx Brothers' 1933 film Duck Soup. Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Andre Sennwald wrote: "Those who admire the comic gifts of the cigar-smoking Woolsey and the cherub-faced Wheeler will find their faith nourished by the usual sum of ponderous jocosities. ... There are three reasonably hilarious gags and perhaps fifty more that depend on whether you are for or against the ex-vaudeville clowns to begin with." The film returned a profit of $8,000. References

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1934 films
1934 musical comedy films
1934 romantic comedy films
American musical comedy films
American romantic comedy films
American romantic musical films
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by Mark Sandrich
RKO Pictures films
1930s American films