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Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Writers:
Ring Lardner (play) &
George M. Cohan (play) ...
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Release Date:
29 April 1933 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Sport more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Say it ain't so, Joe! more (10 total)

Cast

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Joe E. Brown ... Elmer Kane
Patricia Ellis ... Nellie Poole
Frank McHugh ... Healy High-Hips
Claire Dodd ... Evelyn Corey
Preston Foster ... Dave Walker (as Preston S. Foster)
Russell Hopton ... Whitey
Sterling Holloway ... Nick Kane (as Sterling Halloway)
Emma Dunn ... Mrs. Kane
Charles C. Wilson ... Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)
Charles Delaney ... Johnny Abbott
Berton Churchill ... Colonel Moffitt
J. Carrol Naish ... Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
Gene Morgan ... Noonan
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
72 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #2657-R: 8 September 1936 for re-release) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
Filming Locations:
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA more
Company:
First National Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Gale Gordon's first film. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The onscreen credits read "based on a play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan," but the Internet Broadway Database (IBDb) lists Lardner as the writer of the play and Cohan as the producer. They get their credits from the original playbill. more
Quotes:
Elmer Kane: They can fool some of the people part-time, but the worm will turn. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Fast Company (1929) more
Soundtrack:
Indiana more

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6 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Say it ain't so, Joe!, 29 July 2002
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Author: Dick-42 (rhunter51@cox.net) from Springfield, VA

I'm quite sure I didn't see this movie when it was first released. A pity. I might have enjoyed it when I was 9 years old. Joe E. Brown was one of my favorites.

Now I wonder how he could do such a thing to me. Such an embarrassment! I didn't find a laugh in the whole thing, even if the script hadn't depicted one stupid situation after another -- far beyond the realm of fantasy. Naive is one thing; idiotic is quite another.

I think Joe owes me -- his public -- an apology.

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