Elmer, the Great

Apr 29, 1933

1h 12m

★ 4.9

A pennant Winning Panic About Base ball and Blondes!

Overview

Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, where his naivete and arrogance soon put his relationship and career into jeopardy.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

First National Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

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Cast

Elmer Kane

Joe E. Brown

Nellie Poole

Patricia Ellis

Healy High-Hips

Frank McHugh

Evelyn

Claire Dodd

Walker

Preston Foster

Whitey

Russell Hopton

Nick Kane

Sterling Holloway

Game spectator (uncredited)

Jane Wyman

Mrs. Kane

Emma Dunn

Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)

Charles C. Wilson

Johnny Abbott

Charles Delaney

Colonel Moffitt

Berton Churchill

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