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Elmer, the Great

4.9 72 mins Comedy   1933
First National Pictures   The Vitaphone Corporation  
Director(s): Mervyn LeRoy

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.

Casts of Elmer, the Great

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)

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