Elmer, the Great

4.9
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 72 min
  • Premiere: 1933. April 29.

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.

Discover

Joe E. Brown

Elmer Kane

Patricia Ellis

Nellie Poole

Frank McHugh

Healy High-Hips

Claire Dodd

Evelyn

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)

Harrison Greene

Game Spectator (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)

Lloyd Neal

Ben - Coachman (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Game Spectator (uncredited)

Jessie Ralph

Sarah Crosby (uncredited)

Donna Mae Roberts

Switchboard Operator (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)

Art

Robert M. Haas

Art Direction

Camera

Arthur L. Todd

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Directing

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Al Alleborn

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Maxwell Arnow

Casting Director

William Forsyth

Casting Assistant

Writing