---
title: 'Whoopee! (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'H. Bruce Humberstone'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/whoopee-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021549/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Whoopee! (1930)

1930 · 93 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical Western film photographed in two-color Technicolor. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and stars Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Eleanor Hunt. The film's plot closely follows that of the 1928 stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. The Walter Donaldson song "My Baby Just Cares for Me" was introduced in the film version of Whoopee!.

## Credits

- **Director:** [H. Bruce Humberstone](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-bruce-humberstone), [Thornton Freeland](https://cinepixo.com/people/thornton-freeland)
- **Screenplay:** [William Conselman](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-conselman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nacio Herb Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/nacio-herb-brown)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn), [Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/florenz-ziegfeld-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gregg Toland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-toland), [Ray Rennahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-rennahan), [Lee Garmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-garmes)
- **Editor:** [Stuart Heisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-heisler)

## Cast

- [Virginia Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-bruce)
- [Ethel Shutta](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-shutta)
- [Ruth Eddings](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-eddings)
- [Marian Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-marsh)
- [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters)
- [Eddie Cantor](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-cantor)
- [Dean Jagger](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-jagger)
- [Paul R Gregory](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-r-gregory)
- [Walter Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-law)
- [Albert Hackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-hackett)
- [Paul Panzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-panzer)
- [Eleanor Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-hunt)

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