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Fireman, Save My Child!

  • 19321932
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 7m
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5.8/10
268
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Joe E. Brown in Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)
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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 pres... Read allJoe 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 p... Read allJoe 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 ?
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
268
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    • Lloyd Bacon
  • Writers
    • Ray Enright(story)
    • Robert Lord(story)
    • Arthur Caesar(story)
  • Stars
    • Joe E. Brown
    • Evalyn Knapp
    • Lilian Bond
    • Lloyd Bacon
  • Writers
    • Ray Enright(story)
    • Robert Lord(story)
    • Arthur Caesar(story)
  • Stars
    • Joe E. Brown
    • Evalyn Knapp
    • Lilian Bond
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    • 9User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Lilian Bond and Evalyn Knapp in Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)
    Joe E. Brown, Ginger Connolly, George Ernest, and Dickie Moore in Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)
    Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)
    Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)

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    Joe E. Brown
    Joe E. Brown
    • Joe Grant
    Evalyn Knapp
    Evalyn Knapp
    • Sally Toby
    Lilian Bond
    Lilian Bond
    • June Farnum
    Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    • Pop Devlin
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    • Dan Toby
    George MacFarlane
    George MacFarlane
    • St. Louis Fire Chief
    Frank Shellenback
    • Pitcher
    Virginia Sale
    Virginia Sale
    • Miss Gallop
    Curtis Benton
    • Radio Announcer
    Wade Boteler
    Wade Boteler
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Frederick Burton
    Frederick Burton
    • Mr. Platt
    • (uncredited)
    Ginger Connolly
    • One of the boys
    • (uncredited)
    George Ernest
    George Ernest
    • Team Mascot
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Graham
    • Mr. Engelnook
    • (uncredited)
    Ben Hendricks Jr.
    • Larry Larkin
    • (uncredited)
    George Meeker
    George Meeker
    • Stevens
    • (uncredited)
    Dickie Moore
    Dickie Moore
    • Herbie
    • (uncredited)
    Henry Otho
    • Lem
    • (uncredited)
      • Lloyd Bacon
    • Writers
      • Ray Enright(story) (adaptation)
      • Robert Lord(story) (adaptation)
      • Arthur Caesar(story) (adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Goofs
      There are no high mountains in Kansas.
    • Connections
      Spoofed in Officer, Save My Child (1932)
    • Soundtracks
      Take Me Out to the Ball Game
      (uncredited)

      Music by Albert von Tilzer

      Played during the opening scene

    User reviews9

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    10/10
    More Than A Mouthful
    A small-town fireman and inventor with a whiz of a pitching arm suddenly finds himself signed to play for the St. Louis Cardinals.

    Rubber-faced comic Joe E. Brown dominates FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHILD, a very pleasant little film which examines the adventures of a small-town rube as he deals with the machinations of big city baseball & women. Brown's good-natured grin and physical comedy never fail to bring a laugh. Whether presiding over the immolation of a sauerkraut factory, calmly creating a conflagration in the office of a powerful business executive, or coolly surmounting the pitching mound in the final inning of a World Series game, Brown is always in firm control of the humor.

    Evalyn Knapp as Brown's hometown sweetheart & Lilian Bond as the gold digger out to ruin him both play their parts well. Popular character actor Guy Kibbee keeps his particular plot pot boiling as the Cardinals' harried manager. Movie mavens will recognize OUR GANG's Dickie Moore, uncredited, as a young ball fan.

    The film was given fine production values, with the fire fighting & baseball sequences both entertaining & believable. The title is a Melodrama catch-phrase; there are no children to be saved from fires in this movie.

    This was the first of Brown's 'Baseball Trilogy' and was followed by ELMER, THE GREAT (1933) & ALIBI IKE (1935).
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    • Jul 12, 2003

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    • Release date
      • February 20, 1932 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • First National Pictures
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    • 1 hour 7 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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