When's Your Birthday?
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.
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| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Produced by | Robert Harris David L. Loew |
| 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 |
| Starring | Joe E. Brown Marian Marsh |
| Music by | Sam Wineland John Leipold Marlin Skiles |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Jack Ogilvie |
Production company | David L. Loew Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
Premise
Dustin Willoughby (Joe E. Brown) is a prizefighter and believer in astrology who only wins when the stars are in alignment.
Cast
- Joe E. Brown - Dustin Willoughby
- Marian Marsh - Jerry Grant
- Fred Keating - Larry Burke
- Edgar Kennedy - Mr. Henry Basscombe
- Maude Eburne - Mrs. Fanny Basscombe
- Suzanne Kaaren - Diane Basscombe
- Margaret Hamilton - Mossy - the Maid
- Minor Watson - James J. Regan
- Frank Jenks - Lefty - Regan's Henchman
- Don Rowan - Steve - Regan's Henchman
- Granville Bates - Judge O'Day
- Charles Judels - Acropolis, the Headwaiter
- Corky - Zodiac, the Dog
- Bobby Barber - Waiter Who Drops Flower Pot (uncredited)
- Ward Bond - Police Detective (uncredited)
- Kit Guard - Ringside Cornerman (uncredited)
- Tom Kennedy - Fight Manager (uncredited)
- Bull Montana - (The) Salvador Slayer (uncredited)
Soundtrack
- "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
- When's Your Birthday? at IMDb
- When's Your Birthday? is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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