So This Is Harris
So This Is Harris | |
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Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
Written by | Ben Holmes Mark Sandrich |
Produced by | Lou Brock |
Starring | Phil Harris Walter Catlett |
Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
Edited by | John Lockert |
Music by | Will Jason Val Burton |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
So This Is Harris is a 1933 American pre-Code short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It won an Oscar in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Comedy).[1][2] The Academy Film Archive preserved So This Is Harris in 2012.[3]
Plot
The film is a series of comical musical numbers and skits following Phil Harris around, starting with him performing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, which is listened to by Dorothy on the radio whose homebrewing husband Walter hates Harris. The action then moves to the country club where Walter unknowingly encounters Harris while being aggravated by his music. Walter then pretends to be Phil to meet a woman while Harris "entertains" her friend, Dorothy.
Cast
- Phil Harris as himself
- Walter Catlett as himself
- Helen Collins as Dorothy
- June Brewster as Lillian
- James Finlayson as Golf Pro
References
- ^ "The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "New York Times: So This Is Harris". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
- 1933 films
- 1933 musical comedy films
- 1933 short films
- 1930s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American musical comedy films
- American comedy short films
- Films directed by Mark Sandrich
- Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
- RKO Pictures short films
- 1930s American films
- English-language comedy short films
- English-language musical comedy films
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