Elmer, the Great

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Joe E. Brown

Elmer Kane

Age : 80 | Popularity : 6%

Patricia Ellis

Nellie Poole

Age : 51 | Popularity : 10%

Frank McHugh

Healy High-Hips

Age : 83 | Popularity : 8%

Claire Dodd

Evelyn

Age : 61 | Popularity : 3%

Preston Foster

Walker

Age : 69 | Popularity : 11%

Russell Hopton

Whitey

Age : 45 | Popularity : 7%

Sterling Holloway

Nick Kane

Age : 87 | Popularity : 8%

Jane Wyman

Game spectator (uncredited)

Age : 90 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Orry-Kelly
Directing	Director	Mervyn LeRoy
	Assistant Director	Al Alleborn
Art	Art Direction	Robert M. Haas
Editing	Editor	Thomas Pratt
Camera	Director of Photography	Arthur L. Todd
Writing	Writer	George M. Cohan Ring Lardner
	Screenplay	Thomas J. Geraghty
Production	Casting Assistant	William Forsyth
	Casting Director	Maxwell Arnow
Department	Role	Name

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