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Palooka (1934)

Genre : Music, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 26M

Director : Benjamin Stoloff
Writer : Jack Jevne, Gertrude Purcell, Arthur Kober

Synopsis

Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.

Actors

Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
Knobby Walsh
Lupe Vélez
Lupe Vélez
Nina Madero
Stuart Erwin
Stuart Erwin
Joe Palooka
Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau
Mayme Palooka
Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd
Trixie
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Pete Palooka
Mary Carlisle
Mary Carlisle
Anne Howe
William Cagney
William Cagney
Al McSwatt
Franklyn Ardell
Franklyn Ardell
Doc Wise
Tom Dugan
Tom Dugan
Whitey
Louise Beavers
Louise Beavers
Crystal
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Smokey (as Snowflake)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Slats (uncredited)

Crews

Benjamin Stoloff
Benjamin Stoloff
Director
Edward Small
Edward Small
Producer
Jack Jevne
Jack Jevne
Screenplay
Gertrude Purcell
Gertrude Purcell
Screenplay
Arthur Kober
Arthur Kober
Screenplay
Murray Roth
Murray Roth
Dialogue
Ben Ryan
Ben Ryan
Dialogue
Grant Whytock
Grant Whytock
Editor
Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Albert S. D'Agostino
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction

Posters and backgrounds

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