Who Done It? Overview:

Who Done It? (1942) was a Comedy - Mystery Film directed by Erle C. Kenton and produced by Alex Gottlieb.

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Who Done It? (1956)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 16, 2024 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Benny Hill done it, that's who! Before the famed English comedian made a name for himself on television as the star of The Benny Hill Show, he made this fast-moving farce playing a detective who sets out to capture enemy agents bent on destroying England with a weather-making machine. Hill stars as ... Read full article


Abbott and Costello Films: Buck Privates, Hold That Ghost, Who Done It?

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 4, 2023 From 4 Star Films

Service comedies almost feel like a rite of passage for comedy teams, and it’s no different with this early success from Abbott and Costello. Against their hijinks, there’s a blatantly obvious love triangle (Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee, and Alan Curtis) meant to lend some balance to the dram... Read full article


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Customer: What happened to my strawberry sundae?
Mervin Q. Milgrim: What's today?
Customer: Friday.
Mervin Q. Milgrim: You've got two more days to wait.


Mervin Q. Milgrim: I've seen better heads on malted milks.


Mervin Q. Milgrim: [Mervin and Chick and performing their radio play for Juliet, Mervin's holding a gun on Chick] Bang! Ow! Bang! Ow! Bang! Ow!
Juliet Collins: Wait a minute, if you're shooting at him
[Chick]
Juliet Collins: , then why are you yelling?
Mervin Q. Milgrim: I'm holding the gun backwards!


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As part of a display on telephones and communication, the Smithsonian Institute used a clip of Lou Costello trying to call in for the radio contest to demonstrate the mechanics of placing a call with an operator-run exchange.
Radio actor Walter Tetley, who plays the elevator operator who perpetually gets the best of Lou Costello in this film, would go on to become the voice of "Sherman" in the "Mr. Peabody" cartoons in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle.
The "watts-volts" routine was not in the script. It was created by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on the set.
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