Road Show (February 18, 1941)

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Released on February 18, 1941: A wealthy bachelor playboy pretends to be crazy in order to avoid the clutches of a pretty young gold-digger in this slapstick comedy.

Directed by Hal Roach

Written by Eric Hatch with screenplay by Arnold Belgard, Harry Langdon and Mickell Novack.

The Actors: Adolphe Menjou (Colonel Carleton Carroway), Carole Landis (Penguin Moore), John Hubbard (Drogo Gaines), Charles Butterworth (Harry Whitman), Patsy Kelly (Jinx), George E. Stone (Indian), Margaret Roach (Priscilla), Polly Ann Young (Helen Newton), Edward Norris (Ed Newton), Marjorie Woodworth (Alice), Florence Bates (Mrs. Newton), Willie Best (Willie), The Charioteers (musical ensemble), Johnny Arthur (Mr. N, asylum inmate), Ralph Brooks (roustabout), Maurice Cass (asylim inmate with clock), Lane Chandler (State Trooper), Ray Cooke (townsman in brawl), Richard Cramer (roustabout), Howard B. Daniel (Charioteer bass), Helen Dickson (bit part), James Dime (Orville, the strongman), Yolande Donlan (nurse), Eddie Dunn (Joe), Eddie Fetherston (bookie), Bess Flowers (member of the carnival audience), Inna Gest (nurse), Ben Hall (rube), Shemp Howard (Moe Parker), Edward Jackson (Charioteer tenor), Edward Keane (Newton), Mike Lally (roustabout), Tommy Mack (Clem Prouty), Aubrey Mather (minister), Edmund Mortimer (asylum inmate), James C. Morton (Sheriff), Jack Norton (drunk), Broderick O'Farrell (wedding guest), Frank Orth (Joe), Victor Potel (rube), Jack Raymond (townsman in brawl), Jimmy Sherman (Charioteer pianist), Ted Stanhope (Stanjope, Gaines' secretary), Paul Stanton (Dr. Thorndyke), Lee 'Lasses' White (the Constable), Ira Williams (Charioteer baritone), William B. Williams (Charioteer tenor), Charence Wilson (Sheriff), Harry Wilson (townsman in brawl), Florence Wix (Agnes' mother, and wedding guest).