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When's Your Birthday? is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Joe E. Brown. While original prints of this film had a cartoon sequence in Technicolor directed by Bob Clampett and Leon Schlesinger, most surviving prints (including the Internet Archive) have the sequence in black-and-white.
| When's Your Birthday? | |
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| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Written by | Harvey Gates Malcolm Stuart Boylan Samuel M. Pyke |
| Screenplay by | Harry Clork H.W. Hanemann Richard Macaulay |
| Based on | the play by John Frederick Ballard |
| Produced by | Robert Harris David L. Loew |
| Starring | Joe E. Brown Marian Marsh |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Jack Ogilvie |
| Music by | Sam Wineland John Leipold Marlin Skiles |
Production company | David L. Loew Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
Plot
editDustin Willoughby is a prizefighter and believer in astrology who only wins when the stars are in alignment.
Cast
edit- Joe E. Brown as Dustin Willoughby
- Marian Marsh as Jerry Grant
- Fred Keating as Larry Burke
- Edgar Kennedy as Mr. Henry Basscombe
- Maude Eburne as Mrs. Fanny Basscombe
- Suzanne Kaaren as Diane Basscombe
- Margaret Hamilton as Mossy - the Maid
- Minor Watson as James J. Regan
- Frank Jenks as Lefty - Regan's Henchman
- Don Rowan - Steve as Regan's Henchman
- Granville Bates as Judge O'Day
- Charles Judels as Acropolis, the Headwaiter
- Corky as Zodiac, the Dog
- Bobby Barber as Waiter Who Drops Flower Pot (uncredited)
- Ward Bond as Police Detective (uncredited)
- Kit Guard as Ringside Cornerman (uncredited)
- Tom Kennedy as Fight Manager (uncredited)
- Bull Montana as (The) Salvador Slayer (uncredited)
Soundtrack
edit- "Toreador Song" from Carmen by Georges Bizet
- William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini
- Happy Birthday to You by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Hill
- Ruth Robin with Manny Harmon and His Orchestra – I Love You from Coast to Coast, music and lyrics by Albert Stillman, Alex Hyde and Basil Adlam
- Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves) by Juventino Rosas
- Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
- When the Moon Comes over the Mountain, music and lyrics by Kate Smith, Howard Johnson and Harry M. Woods
External links
edit- When's Your Birthday? at IMDb
- When's Your Birthday? is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
