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Broadway Bill (1934)

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Release Date: Nov 21, 1934 Wide

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Just after completing It Happened One Night, director Frank Capra churned out a bread-and-butter picture titled Broadway Bill. Warner Baxter plays the carefree scion of a wealthy, highly-respected family. Baxter's cold but socially correct wife Helen Vinson forces her husband into the family business, but Baxter would rather spend his time at the racetrack. He buys a nag named Broadway Bill and tries to build the horse into a winner--if he doesn't bankrupt himself first. Only Baxter's

G, 1 hr. 30 min.

Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Frank Capra

Written By: Robert Riskin

In Theaters: Nov 21, 1934 Wide

On DVD: Aug 31, 2004

Cast

Warner Baxter
Dan Brooks
Myrna Loy
Alice Higgins
Walter Connolly
J.L. Higgins
Helen Vinson
Margaret Brooks
Douglas Dumbrille
Eddie Morgan
Raymond Walburn
Colonel Pettigrew
Lynne Overman
Happy McGuire
Clarence Muse
Whitey
Margaret Hamilton
Edna
Frankie Darro
Ted Williams
Inez Courtney
Mae nurse
Ernie S. Adams
Patient
Robert (Tex) Allen
Reporter
Irving Bacon
Hotdog stand owner
Lucille Ball
Bit Part
Herman Bing
Waiter
James "Doc" Blakely
Interne
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Peterson secretary
Stanley Blystone
Jailer
Ward Bond
Morgan's henchman
Harry C. Bradley
Bookkeeper
Edmund Breese
Presiding judge
Eddy Chandler
Onlooker
Helen Flint
Mrs. Early
Bess Flowers
Secretary
Claude Gillingwater
J.P. Chase
Kit Guard
Cab driver
Alan Hale
Orchestra leader
Forrester Harvey
Horse trainer
Paul Harvey
James Whitehall
J. Frank Holliday
Deputy sheriff
Harry Holman
Rube
John Ince
Mayor
Edward Keane
Headwaiter
George Meeker
Henry Early
Charles B. Middleton
Veterinarian
Helene Millard
Mrs. Winslow
Jason Robards Sr.
Arthur Winslow
Tom Ricketts
Johnson the butler
Harry Semels
Conductor
Joan Standing
Secretary
William Strauss
Pawnbroker
Harry Todd
Pop Jones
Charles C. Wilson
Collins
George Cooper
Joe
Charles Lane
Morgan's henchman
Dennis O'Keefe
Gladys Gale
Head nurse
Ky Robinson
Deputy sheriff
Douglass Dumbrille

Critic Reviews for Broadway Bill

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Fine, early Capra--basis for later Crosby musical 'Riding High' (also Capra directed).

January 1, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Early Capra comedy that's worn well.

August 14, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Loy is cute in this movie. Although the story is predictable and I really don't like horse movies, this movie was entertaining, well acted, and funny at times.

September 3, 2010

AJ Verser

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a tearjerker but wonderful film with a nice romance thrown in for good measure. baxter and loy have great chemistry. easily can watch again and again.

October 18, 2009

blair knight

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