To share expenses, unemployed Alabama moves in with also unemployed Bill and Toodles. Bill is hired by a gangster's mistress and ultimately becomes the gangster's bodyguard. Alabama unknowingly applies for a stenographer's job at Mr....
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| Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | ... |
Bill Keller
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| Bette Davis | ... |
Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
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| Frank McHugh | ... |
Toodles Cooper
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| Claire Dodd | ... |
Mrs. Newberry
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| Leo Carrillo | ... |
Kurt Weber
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| Harold Huber | ... |
Steve Donovan
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| Thomas E. Jackson | ... |
Detective Lt. Coffey
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| Leon Ames | ... |
Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
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| Reginald Barlow | ... |
The Colonel (uncredited)
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| Stanley Blystone | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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| Harry C. Bradley | ... |
Man in Society for Prohibition Enforcement Office (uncredited)
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| Ed Brady | ... |
Capt. J.C. Mason (uncredited)
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| Walter Brennan | ... |
Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
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| George Chandler | ... |
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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| G. Pat Collins | ... |
Tom Crowley (uncredited)
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| Gordon De Main | ... |
Narcotics Squad (uncredited)
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| Sayre Dearing | ... |
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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| Frank Fanning | ... |
Detective at Nightclub (uncredited)
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| Frank Hagney | ... |
Marine (uncredited)
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| Pat Harmon | ... |
Diner Customer (uncredited)
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Harold Healy | ... |
Phil Wilson (uncredited)
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| Alice Jans | ... |
Mexican Dancer (uncredited)
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| Carl M. Leviness | ... |
Maitre D' - 51 Club (uncredited)
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| Walter Miller | ... |
Pilot (uncredited)
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Philip Morris | ... |
Detective (uncredited)
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| Ferdinand Munier | ... |
Hocheimer (uncredited)
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| Tom O'Brien | ... |
Marine Recruiter (uncredited)
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| Frank O'Connor | ... |
Detective with Lt. Coffey (uncredited)
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| Pat O'Malley | ... |
Pilot (uncredited)
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| Paul Panzer | ... |
Canadian Airport Contact (uncredited)
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| Nat Pendleton | ... |
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
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| Alexander Pollard | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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| Russ Powell | ... |
Counterman at Second Diner (uncredited)
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| Dewey Robinson | ... |
Canadian Airport Contact (uncredited)
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| Sheila Terry | ... |
Weber's Secretary (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Alfred E. Green | ||
Written by
| Rian James | ... | (story "Some Call It Love") |
| John Francis Larkin | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Raymond Griffith | ... | supervising producer (uncredited) |
| Jack L. Warner | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| James Van Trees | ... | (photography by) |
Editing by
| Ray Curtiss | ||
Casting By
| Rufus Le Maire | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| Jack Okey | ||
Costume Design by
| Orry-Kelly | ... | (gowns) |
Stunts
| Paul Mantz | ... | stunt pilot (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| William Forsyth | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
| William Maybery | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Leo F. Forbstein | ... | conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra |
| Ray Heindorf | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
| Cliff Hess | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Bernhard Kaun | ... | composer: trailer (uncredited) |
| Harry Warren | ... | composer: theme music (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1933) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1933) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2013) (United States) (DVD)
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- Vitaphone Orchestra (music)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
To share expenses, unemployed Alabama moves in with also unemployed Bill and Toodles. Bill is hired by a gangster's mistress and ultimately becomes the gangster's bodyguard. Alabama unknowingly applies for a stenographer's job at Mr. Weber's (the gangster's) business. Bill is forced to fly a plane carrying narcotics into the U.S. but fights back.
Written by Ed Stephan |
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| Taglines | Seventy-five Smackers a Jump- and Most of it Goes to Widows! (Print Ad- The Dispatch, ((Lexington, NC)) 6 February 1933) See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $206,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | In his autobiography Douglas Fairbanks Jr. claims that Bette Davis thought Director Alfred E. Green's sense of humor as infantile. Fairbanks characterized his co-star as "not particularly pretty; in fact, I thought her quite plain, but one didn't easily forget her unique personality." He also remembered her as "always conscientious, serious... devoid of humor of any kind." Despite this, Producer Fairbanks hired her two decades later to star in "Another Man's Poison." See more » |
| Goofs | When Keller returns to the theatre to pick up Weber and Mrs. Newberry, she enters first sitting behind the driver's side of the car while Weber seats behind the passenger's side. But when they arrive at the first location where Weber gets off, they are now seating in the reverse positions. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). See more » |
| Soundtracks | The Marines' Hymn See more » |
| Quotes |
Bill Keller:
Why don't you dig in with me? I got a room. I only owe two weeks rent. Patricia 'Alabama' Brent: Say, do I look like that? Bill Keller: It's no proposition. You're out in the rainstorm and you haven't got an umbrella. See more » |