Elmer, the Great

Name: Elmer, the Great
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1933
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 5.111

1933 · 72 min

Comedy

★ 5.1

not streaming

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.

Crew

Director Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay Thomas J. Geraghty
Writer Ring Lardner
Writer George M. Cohan
Director of Photography Arthur L. Todd

Cast

Joe E. Brown
Elmer Kane
Patricia Ellis
Nellie Poole
Frank McHugh
Healy High-Hips
Claire Dodd
Evelyn
Preston Foster
Walker
Russell Hopton
Whitey
Sterling Holloway
Nick Kane
Jane Wyman
Game spectator (uncredited)
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Kane
Charles Cahill Wilson
Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)
Charles Delaney
Johnny Abbott
Berton Churchill
Colonel Moffitt

Crew

Director — Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay — Thomas J. Geraghty
Writer — Ring Lardner
Writer — George M. Cohan
Director of Photography — Arthur L. Todd

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