{"id":2840,"date":"2025-05-26T11:54:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:54:27","slug":"retro-movie-adventures-hellzapoppin-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/26\/retro-movie-adventures-hellzapoppin-1941\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Movie Adventures: Hellzapoppin (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:29,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=VlH-GcYT7Wg&amp;t=9s&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250611230928\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=VlH-GcYT7Wg&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 08:03:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-11 12:03:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 13:19:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 13:18:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 04:08:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 13:49:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 13:33:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 07:40:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 10:04:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 01:53:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 01:53:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chic Johnson and Ole Olsen mugging in a scene from Hellzapoppin. They are rendered in shades of red, orange and yellow. The background is unidentifiable blue and purple shapes.\" class=\"wp-image-2838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-1.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-1-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hellzapoppin.png\" alt=\"Martha Raye standing in front of a target, mouth wide open, surrounded by arrows.\" class=\"wp-image-2839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hellzapoppin.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hellzapoppin-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hellzapoppin-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great- now I&#8217;ve got a crush on 1941 Martha Raye. Thanks, Hellzapoppin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love that they realized the stage show of Hellzapoppin would never work as a movie, so they didn&#8217;t even bother to try and make a direct translation of the show. It&#8217;s 84 minutes packed with topical (at the time) jokes, music, and special effects strung together by a plot that Olsen &amp; Johnson are actively mocking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hellzapoppin isn&#8217;t streaming anywhere, but there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VlH-GcYT7Wg&amp;t=9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a really good restoration on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s fake poster was inspired by the &#8220;poppin&#8221; part of &#8220;Hellzapoppin,&#8221; and features a secret link to They Might Be Giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A poster for Hellzapoppin mimicking the poster for Mary Poppins.\" class=\"wp-image-2837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hellzapoppin.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great- now I&#8217;ve got a crush on 1941 Martha Raye. 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