Elmer, the Great (1933)

Comedy

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.

Updated May 24 2020

Releases:

US -

1933-04-29

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Keywords:

gambling baseball chicago cubs

FACTS

Runtime: 72 mins Rating: 5.5

Cast

Joe E. Brown

Elmer Kane

Jane Wyman

Game spectator (uncredited)

Preston Foster

Walker (as Preston S. Foster)

Claire Dodd

Evelyn

Sterling Holloway

Nick Kane (as Sterling Halloway)

Frank McHugh

Healy High-Hips

Russell Hopton

Whitey

Patricia Ellis

Nellie Poole

Crew

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Robert M. Haas

Art Direction

Thomas Pratt

Editor

Arthur L. Todd

Director of Photography

Thomas J. Geraghty

Screenplay

Al Alleborn

Assistant Director

William Forsyth

Casting Assistant

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