Broadway Show (1934)
Mit dem Geld kommt meistens die Exzentrik, so auch bei dem Multimillionär Ezra Ounce. Während sich bei den meisten Reichen der Spleen allerdings in einem kostspieligen Lebensstil und dem Hang zu attraktiven Damen äußert, hat sich Ezra zu einem Extrem-Moralisten entwickelt, der moderne Frauen und Ausschweifungen jeglicher Art verabscheut. Da seine Nachkommen eher normal geraten und den schönen Dingen des Lebens nicht abgeneigt sind, hat Ezra sie bereits alle enterbt – bis auf seinen Cousin Horace, der erfolgreich vorgibt, ein streng religiöser und hochmoralischer Mann mit einer ebensolchen Familie zu sein. Bevor Ezra dem scheinbar so tugendhaften Horace jedoch zehn Millionen Dollar als Erbschaftsvorgriff schenkt, will er sich vor Ort von der Sittsamkeit seines Cousins und dessen Familie überzeugen. Damit fangen die Probleme für Horace an.
Die Regisseur:
Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley.
Der Autor:
Delmer Daves
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Joan Blondell as Mabel Anderson |
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Dick Powell as Jimmy Higgens |
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Ruby Keeler as Barbara Hemingway |
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Zasu Pitts as Matilda Hemingway |
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Guy Kibbee as Horace Hemingway |
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Hugh Herbert as Ezra Ounce |
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Arthur Vinton as Bulger |
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Phil Regan as Johnny Harris |
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Arthur Aylesworth as Train Conductor |
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Johnny Arthur as Billings |
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Leila Bennett as Laura |
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Berton Churchill as Harold Ellsworthy Todd |
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Virginia Grey as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Loretta Andrews as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Monica Bannister as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Eleanor Bayley as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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De Don Blunier as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Diane Borget as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Margaret Carthew as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Dolores Casey as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Eddy Chandler as Guard (uncredited) |
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Frank Darien as Druggist #1 (uncredited) |
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Lester Dorr as Elevator Starter (uncredited) |
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Sammy Fain as Buttercup Balmer (uncredited) |
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Dick French as Man On Ferry (uncredited) |
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Sam Godfrey as Ounce's Receptionist #1 (uncredited) |
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Harrison Greene as Henchman in Audience (uncredited) |
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Harry Holman as Druggist #3 (uncredited) |
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Russell Huestis as Ounce's Security Guard (uncredited) |
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Eddie Kane as Harry (uncredited) |
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Robert Emmett Keane as Man On Train (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Paul Kruger as Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
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Larry McGrath as Sergeant at Jail (uncredited) |
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Edmund Mortimer as Ounce's Receptionist #2 (uncredited) |
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Henry Roquemore as Board Member in Show (uncredited) |
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Cliff Saum as Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ray Enright | Director |
| Writing | Delmer Daves | Screenplay |
| Directing | Busby Berkeley | Director |
| Writing | Robert Lord | Story |
| Writing | Delmer Daves | Story |
| Camera | Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Camera | George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Harold McLernon | Editor |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Art | Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Art | Willy Pogany | Art Direction |
| Sound | Allie Wrubel | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
| Sound | Stanley Jones | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Mort Dixon | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Sammy Fain | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Al Dubin | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Irving Kahal | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Allie Wrubel | Lyricist |
| Writing | Mort Dixon | Lyricist |
| Writing | Harry Warren | Lyricist |
| Writing | Irving Kahal | Lyricist |
| Sound | Harry Warren | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sammy Fain | Lyricist |
| Writing | Al Dubin | Lyricist |
| Crew | Busby Berkeley | Choreographer |