Elmer, the Great
1933Elmer 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.
Acted in
Joe E. Brown
as Elmer Kane
Patricia Ellis
as Nellie Poole
Frank McHugh
as Healy High-Hips
Claire Dodd
as Evelyn
Preston Foster
as Walker
Russell Hopton
as Whitey
Sterling Holloway
as Nick Kane
Jane Wyman
as Game spectator (uncredited)
Emma Dunn
as Mrs. Kane
Charles C. Wilson
as Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)
Charles Delaney
as Johnny Abbott
Berton Churchill
as Colonel Moffitt
J. Carrol Naish
as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
Gene Morgan
as Noonan
Maurice Black
as Dice Dealer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
as Casino Employee (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Cubs Player (uncredited)
Phyllis Crane
as Gentryville Journal reporter (uncredited)
Douglass Dumbrille
as Stillman (uncredited)
Gale Gordon
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
as Game Spectator (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Casino Employee (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
as Nosey Townsman (uncredited)
George Magrill
as Game Spectator (uncredited)
Walter Miller
as Captain Sutton (uncredited)
Lloyd Neal
as Ben - Coachman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Game Spectator (uncredited)
Jessie Ralph
as Sarah Crosby (uncredited)
Donna Mae Roberts
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Fred Santley
as Series Game Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Harry Semels
as Waiter (uncredited)
John Sheehan
as Bartender (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Radio Technician (uncredited)
Guy Usher
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Leo White
as Skinny Gambler (uncredited)