Peach O'Reno
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Produced by |
William LeBaron John E. Burch |
| Written by |
Tim Whelan Ralph Spence (adaptation and dialogue) Eddie Welch (adaptation and dialogue) Louis Sarecky |
| Starring |
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee Zelma O'Neal Joseph Cawthorn Cora Witherspoon |
| Music by |
Harry Akst (composer) Grant Clarke (composer) Richard A. Whiting (composer) Ray Heindorf (orchestrator) Max Steiner (musical director) |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
| Edited by | Jack Kitchin |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $293,000 |
| Box office | $570,000 |
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.
A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
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 as per AFI database
A rather notorious scene involving a wrestling match between Julis Swift (Robert Woolsey) and Pansy Bruno (Zelma O'Neal) was cut from the film.
According to RKO records, the film made a profit of $90,000.
Peach O'Reno was released with Girl Crazy on DVD by Warner Brothers on December 17, 2010.
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