Olsen and Johnson
Olsen and Johnson was a famous American comedy duo consisting of Ole Olsen (1892-1963) and Chic Johnson ( 1891-1962 ).
Olsen and Johnson, actually both musicians, met in Chicago in 1914 when they played in the same band ( Olsen on the violin, Johnson at the piano ). When the band broke up, they began their career together in small vaudeville clubs.
They were soon nationally known and successful and also had appearances on radio shows. In 1930 she was hired by Warner Bros. for the film. Your crazy stage humor, their musical clowning for which they were famous, they could not put on there. They continued their stage and radio work.
In 1938 she achieved her greatest success on Broadway with Hellzapoppin ', a revue, which was until 1941 listed a total of 1404 times, and then filmed. Also the film was very well received by the audience and lukewarm enthusiasm by the critics. Also produced in 1938 Olsen and Johnson revue Streets of Paris, in which the comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello) was introduced to Broadway audiences for the first time. It was followed by the Broadway shows Sons o ' Fun ( 1941) and Laffing Room Only (1944 ), both already significantly less successful.
Olsen and Johnson could then not repeat their achievements on the stage and film successes. After her last film See My Lawyer (1945 ) they were trying to gain a foothold on television. The TV show Fireball Fun- For-All (1949 ) was a failure, as well as the Broadway show Pardon Our French. Olsen and Johnson went on until about Chic Johnson's illness end of the 1950s in Las Vegas.
Died in 1962 Chic Johnson, a year later, Ole Olsen. Both were buried side by side in Las Vegas.