So This Is Harris

So This Is Harris
So This Is Harris
	Title card
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Written by	Ben Holmes; Mark Sandrich
Produced by	Lou Brock
Starring	Phil Harris; Walter Catlett
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Edited by	John Lockert
Music by	Will Jason; Val Burton
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	August 13, 1933;
Running time	28 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

^ "The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
^ "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.
^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links

So This Is Harris at IMDb
So This Is Harris! on YouTube

[Oscars1934-1] "The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2012.

[NY_Times-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.

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