Fireman, Save My Child (1932)Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to ... See full summary » Director:Lloyd Bacon |
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Joe Grant
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Sally Toby
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June Farnum
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Pop Devlin
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Dan Toby
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St. Louis Fire Chief
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Pitcher
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Virginia Sale | ... |
Miss Gallop
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Radio Announcer
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Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to present his invention to a fire-extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game ? Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@inka.org.chemie.tu-meunchen.de>
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invention | baseball | firefighting | st. louis cardinals | country bumpkin |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
20 February 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hola, bombero See more »Filming Locations:
Wrigley Field - 42nd Place & Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Played during the opening scene
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Walter Walker is in studio records/casting call lists for this movie in the role of "Mr. Platt," but that role was played by Frederick Burton. Also in the records were Frank Coghlan Jr. in the role of "Mascot's Pal" and Andy Devine, both of whom were not seen in the film. See more »Soundtracks
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Played during the opening scene
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Joe E. Brown plays a small town inventor and fireman, who creates a small bomb which puts out fires. The story involves his efforts to patent it; baseball provides the means by which he earns the money to do so. It is a typical Brown comedy - a fairly involved plot, romance in the form of Evelyn Knapp and plenty of action sequences, mainly involving fire. (The opening sequence contains a fire at the local Sauerkraut Factory, which indicates the elaborate production values contained in the film.) There are problems with the film, I think, displayed in the also typical Joe E. Brown swagger and bragadoccio, (which can be very annoying) and the character's involvement with con men and a femme fatale, who take him for a good deal of his savings. This twist is strangely unresolved at the film's end. And it is frustrating to the viewer in that one wonders how anyone could be so uncaring as to ignore the fact that he's supposed to pitch in the seventh game of the World Series. It's well worth watching, though, as a well produced film with some great sequences, not typical fare for 1932.