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Baseball rookie Frank X. Farrell is a phenom, a kid who can hurl the ol’ horsehide and swing the lumber so well he may lead Chicago’s beloved Cubbies to a pennant. He can sure spin excuses and blarney, too!
Joe E. Brown brings a whirlybird wind-up and a love for the game to this comic Ring Lardner tale. You can’t tell the players without a scorecard but sports-minded moviegoers recognized Bob Meusel, Jim Thorpe and other former professional ball players on the film’s diamonds.
But an even bigger treat for viewers then and now is the first screen appearance of a future movie immortal singled out as “a charming newcomer” by Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times. Her name: Olivia de Havilland.
Original Release
06/15/1935
US Release
06/15/1935
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Joe E. Brown | Frank X. Farrell / Frank "Ike" Farrell |
Olivia de Havilland | Dolly Stevens |
Ruth Donnelly | Bess |
Roscoe Karns | Carey |
William Frawley | Cap |
Eddie Shubert | Jack Mack |
Paul Harvey | Lefty Crawford |
Joe King | Johnson - Owner / Johnson |
Joseph Crehan | Conductor |
G. Pat Collins | Lieutenant |
Directors
Writers
Ring Lardner, William Wister Haines
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joe E. Brown | Frank X. Farrell / Frank "Ike" Farrell |
Olivia de Havilland | Dolly Stevens |
Ruth Donnelly | Bess |
Roscoe Karns | Carey |
William Frawley | Cap |
Eddie Shubert | Jack Mack |
Paul Harvey | Lefty Crawford |
Joe King | Johnson - Owner / Johnson |
Joseph Crehan | Conductor |
G. Pat Collins | Lieutenant |
Spencer Charters | Minister |
Gene Morgan | Smitty |
Herman Bell | Major League Baseball Player |
Wade Boteler | Giant's Manager |
Pauline Brooks | Undetermined Role |
Guy Cantrell | Major League Baseball Player |
Eddy Chandler | Detective |
Jack Cheatham | Operator |
Frank Coghlan Jr. | Jimmy - the Newsboy |
Dick Cox | Major League Baseball Player |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Edward Chodorov | Producer |