8 reviews
Comedy
1h 12m
1933
Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only...

Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoy
- Release29 April 1933
- GenreComedy
- Duration1h 12m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate8 reviews
- Productions
First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Cast

Joe E. Brown
Elmer Kane

Patricia Ellis
Nellie Poole

Frank McHugh
Healy High-Hips

Claire Dodd
Evelyn

Preston Foster
Walker

Russell Hopton
Whitey

Sterling Holloway
Nick Kane

Jane Wyman
Game spectator (uncredited)

Emma Dunn
Mrs. Kane

Charles C. Wilson
Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)

Charles Delaney
Johnny Abbott

Berton Churchill
Colonel Moffitt

J. Carrol Naish
Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)

Gene Morgan
Noonan

Maurice Black
Dice Dealer (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Casino Employee (uncredited)

George Chandler
Cubs Player (uncredited)

Phyllis Crane
Gentryville Journal reporter (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille
Stillman (uncredited)

Gale Gordon
Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Paul Kruger
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Mike Lally
Casino Employee (uncredited)

Gus Leonard
Nosey Townsman (uncredited)

George Magrill
Game Spectator (uncredited)

Walter Miller
Captain Sutton (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor
Game Spectator (uncredited)

Jessie Ralph
Sarah Crosby (uncredited)

Fred Santley
Series Game Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Harry Semels
Waiter (uncredited)

John Sheehan
Bartender (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock
Radio Technician (uncredited)

Guy Usher
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Leo White
Skinny Gambler (uncredited)
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