Wide Open

Feb 1, 1930

1h 9m

★ 5.3

A Gale of Laughs!

Overview

An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

Wide Open Trailers

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Cast

Simon Haldane

Edward Everett Horton

Julia Faulkner

Patsy Ruth Miller

Agatha Hathaway

Louise Fazenda

Mrs. Hathaway

Vera Lewis

Bob Wyeth

T. Roy Barnes

Trundle

E.J. Ratcliffe

Easter

Louise Beavers

Nell Martin

Edna Murphy

Faulkner

Frank Beal

Dvorak

Vince Barnett

The Doctor

Lloyd Ingraham

Office Boy

Robert Gordon

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6.5

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6.9

Le Million

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7.2

The Lavender Hill Mob

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6.6

We're Not Dressing

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5.1

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5.0

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0.0

Ice Cold Cocos

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5.7

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6.9

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6.9

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5.7

International House

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6.4

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5.6

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5.5

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