
On Again—Off Again
Comedy
Overview
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, 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!
Top Cast


Bert Wheeler
Bert Wheeler
William Hobbs
Bert Wheeler
William Hobbs


Robert Woolsey
Robert Woolsey
Claude Horton
Robert Woolsey
Claude Horton


Marjorie Lord
Marjorie Lord
Florence Cole
Marjorie Lord
Florence Cole


Esther Muir
Esther Muir
Nettie Horton
Esther Muir
Nettie Horton


Patricia Wilder
Patricia Wilder
Gertie Green
Patricia Wilder
Gertie Green


Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
Mr. Applegate
Paul Harvey
Mr. Applegate


Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
George Dilwig
Russell Hicks
George Dilwig


Maxine Jennings
Maxine Jennings
Miss Meeker
Maxine Jennings
Miss Meeker


Kitty McHugh
Kitty McHugh
Miss Parker
Kitty McHugh
Miss Parker


George Meeker
George Meeker
Tony Toler
George Meeker
Tony Toler
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