Peach O'Reno

Peach-O-Reno is a 1931 pre-Production Code comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, and Zelma O'Neal. It was released on Christmas Day of 1931.

Peach-O-Reno
Directed byWilliam A. Seiter
Produced byWilliam LeBaron
John E. Burch (supervisor)[1][2]
Written byTim Whelan
Ralph Spence (adaptation and dialogue)
Eddie Welch (adaptation and dialogue)
StarringBert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
Zelma O'Neal
Joseph Cawthorn
Cora Witherspoon
Music byHarry Akst (composer)
Grant Clarke (composer)
Richard A. Whiting (composer)
Ray Heindorf (orchestrator)
Max Steiner (musical director)
CinematographyJack MacKenzie
Edited byJack Kitchin
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • December 25, 1931 (1931-12-25) (US)[1]
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$293,000[3]
Box office$570,000[3]

A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[4]

Plot
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in a scene from the film.

Aggie Bruno (Cora Witherspoon) has had enough of her husband, Joe (Joseph Cawthorn), and decides to get a divorce in Reno. She meets with lawyers Wattles and Swift (Wheeler and Woolsey), the latter of the two agreeing to represent Aggie in court. Swift suggests that Aggie be "caught" with another man. Meanwhile, Joe Bruno has also headed to Reno, and is being represented in court by Wattles. Wattles suggests that Joe be "caught" with another woman.

Meanwhile, Ace Crosby (Mitchell Harris), an angry Arizona gambler, wants to shoot Wattles for representing his wife in a previous divorce case. Swift suggests that Wattles dress as a woman in order to avoid being found by the gambler. That evening, Wattles and Swift do the same thing that they do every evening: turn their office into a casino. Swift arrives at the casino pretending to be Aggie Bruno's love interest. To add to the confusion, Wattles (dressed as a woman) shows up with Joe Bruno, pretending to be his love interest.

Cast

(cast as per AFI database[1]

Production

A rather notorious scene involving a wrestling match between Julis Swift (Robert Woolsey) and Pansy Bruno (Zelma O'Neal) was cut from the film.

Reception

According to RKO records, the film made a profit of $90,000.[3]

Availability

Peach-O-Reno was released with Girl Crazy on DVD by Warner Brothers on December 17, 2010.

References
  1. "Peach-O-Reno". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. Jewell, Richard B.; Harbin, Vernon (1982). The RKO Story. New York: Arlington House. p. 44. ISBN 0-517-546566.
  3. Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p39
  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.139 c.1978 American Film Institute
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