Elmer, the Great
A pennant Winning Panic About Base ball and Blondes!
1933 · 1h 12m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Overview
Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, where his naivete and arrogance soon put his relationship and career into jeopardy.
Director and cast
- Mervyn LeRoy Director
- Joe E. Brown as Elmer Kane
- Patricia Ellis as Nellie Poole
- Frank McHugh as Healy High-Hips
- Claire Dodd as Evelyn
- Preston Foster as Walker (as Preston S. Foster)
- Russell Hopton as Whitey
- Sterling Holloway as Nick Kane (as Sterling Halloway)
- Jane Wyman as Game spectator (uncredited)
- Emma Dunn Cast
- Charles Cahill Wilson Cast
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