Professional acrobats Bert and Johnny are the best of friends. Thay are also confirmed women-hating bachelors.


If you are looking for a deep dive into the vaudeville lifestyle before it totally died, Nix on Dames is probably for you. Most other people will find the whole 'woman-hater' plot a bit exhausting to sit through today. Bert and Johnny are these two acrobats who have a pact to stay single. It is one of those movie-frie...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Donald Gallaher

Victor Heerman
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"If you are looking for a deep dive into the vaudeville lifestyle before it totally died, Nix on Dames is probably for you. Most other people will find the whole 'woman-hater' plot a bit exhausting to sit through today. Bert and Johnny are these two acrobats who have a pact to stay single. It is one of those movie-friendships that feels like it is held together by spite and too much hair grease. Thay are the best at what they do, or so the movie tells us. One of them gets a leg injury—I think i..."
Hugh McCormack
Maude Fulton, Frank Gay
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