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Elmer, the Great (1933)

Elmer, the Great

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1h 12m

Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport

April 29th, 1933

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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.

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Cast

Joe E. Brown
Elmer Kane
Patricia Ellis
Nellie Poole
Frank McHugh
Healy High-Hips
Claire Dodd
Evelyn Corey
Preston Foster
Dave Walker
Russell Hopton
Whitey
Sterling Holloway
Nick Kane
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Kane
Charles C. Wilson
Mr. Wade
Charles Delaney
Johnny Abbott
Full cast & crew

Directors

Mervyn LeRoy
Full cast & crew

Writers

Ring Lardner
based on a play by
(???)
George M. Cohan
based on a play by
Thomas J. Geraghty
screen play
(as Tom Geraghty)
Full cast & crew

Taglines

A pennant Winning Panic About Base ball and Blondes! (Print Ad- Bladen Journal, ((Elizabethtown, NC)) 8 June 1933)
When they yelled "play ball" Elmer played dead -because he couldn't get to first base with the girl who left him behind! (Print Ad- Gettysburg Times, ((Gettysburg, Penna.)) 8 June 1933)
They Couldn't Make a Dummy Out of Elmer...Nature Had Beaten Them to It! (Print Ad-Arizona Daily Star, ((Tucson, Az.)) 13 May 1933)
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Keywords

self sacrifice
based on play
doctor
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

December 8th, 1933 (Australia)
November 18th, 1938 (Belgium) (Antwerp)
May 31st, 1933 (Brazil)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Elmer, the Great (original title)
Le poseur (Belgium) (French title)
De stoefer (Belgium) (Flemish title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA (Chicago Cubs Training Grounds)
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Wrigley Field - 42nd Place & Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

Running Times

72 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

First National Pictures (present) (controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.) / (present) (controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)
The Vitaphone Corporation

Distribution Companies

Warner Bros. First National Films (Belgium)
Warner Bros. (United States of America)
Warner Home Video (United States of America) (dvdr)
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