Elmer, the Great

Mervyn LeRoy
1933-04-29

A pennant Winning Panic About Base ball and Blondes!
4.3
72 min

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, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series.

Cast

Name Character Team
Joe E. Brown Elmer Kane Unowned
Patricia Ellis Nellie Poole Unowned
Frank McHugh Healy High-Hips Unowned
Claire Dodd Evelyn Unowned
Preston Foster Walker Unowned
Russell Hopton Whitey Unowned
Sterling Holloway Nick Kane Unowned
Jane Wyman Game spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Emma Dunn Mrs. Kane Unowned
Charles C. Wilson Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson) Unowned
Charles Delaney Johnny Abbott Unowned
Berton Churchill Colonel Moffitt Unowned
J. Carrol Naish Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) Unowned
Gene Morgan Noonan Unowned
Maurice Black Dice Dealer (uncredited) Unowned
Don Brodie Casino Employee (uncredited) Unowned
George Chandler Cubs Player (uncredited) Unowned
Phyllis Crane Gentryville Journal reporter (uncredited) Unowned
Douglass Dumbrille Stillman (uncredited) Unowned
Gale Gordon Radio Announcer (uncredited) Unowned
Harrison Greene Game Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Paul Kruger Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) Unowned
Mike Lally Casino Employee (uncredited) Unowned
Gus Leonard Nosey Townsman (uncredited) Unowned
George Magrill Game Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Walter Miller Captain Sutton (uncredited) Unowned
Lloyd Neal Ben - Coachman (uncredited) Unowned
Frank O'Connor Game Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Jessie Ralph Sarah Crosby (uncredited) Unowned
Donna Mae Roberts Switchboard Operator (uncredited) Unowned
Fred Santley Series Game Radio Announcer (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Semels Waiter (uncredited) Unowned
John Sheehan Bartender (uncredited) Unowned
Charles Sherlock Radio Technician (uncredited) Unowned
Guy Usher Police Sergeant (uncredited) Unowned
Leo White Skinny Gambler (uncredited) Unowned