So This Is Harris

1933 film

  • August 13, 1933 (1933-08-13)
Running time
28 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

So This Is Harris is a 1933 American pre-Code short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It won an Oscar in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Comedy).[1][2] The Academy Film Archive preserved So This Is Harris in 2012.[3]

Plot

The film is a series of comical musical numbers and skits following Phil Harris around, starting with him performing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, which is listened to by Dorothy on the radio whose homebrewing husband Walter hates Harris. The action then moves to the country club where Walter unknowingly encounters Harris while being aggravated by his music. Walter then pretends to be Phil to meet a woman while Harris "entertains" her friend, Dorothy.

Cast

  • Phil Harris as himself
  • Walter Catlett as himself
  • Helen Collins as Dorothy
  • June Brewster as Lillian
  • James Finlayson as Golf Pro

References

  1. ^ "The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "New York Times: So This Is Harris". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
  3. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links

  • So This Is Harris at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • So This Is Harris! on YouTube
  • v
  • t
  • e
Short subject
1931–1935
Comedy
  • The Music Box (1932)
  • So This Is Harris (1933)
  • La Cucaracha (1934)
  • How to Sleep (1935)
Novelty
  • Wrestling Swordfish (1932)
  • Krakatoa (1933)
  • City of Wax (1934)
  • Wings Over Everest (1935)
Short subject
1936–1956
Color
  • Give Me Liberty (1936)
  • Penny Wisdom (1937)
One-reel
Two-reel
Short subject
(live action)
1957–1973
Short film
(live action)
1974–present
  • v
  • t
  • e
Films directed by Mark Sandrich