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Broadway Bill (1934)

The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'

Genre : Comedy, Drama

Runtime : 1H 44M

Director : Frank Capra
Writer : Robert Riskin

Synopsis

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- roll is thin and the luck is against him, he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planed fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...

Actors

Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter
Dan Brooks
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly
J.L. Higgins
Helen Vinson
Helen Vinson
Margaret
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
Eddie Morgan
Raymond Walburn
Raymond Walburn
Colonel Pettigrew
Lynne Overman
Lynne Overman
Happy McGuire
Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse
Whitey
Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill - a Horse
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
Edna
Frankie Darro
Frankie Darro
Ted Williams
George Cooper
George Cooper
Joe
George Meeker
George Meeker
Henry Early
Jason Robards Sr.
Jason Robards Sr.
Arthur Winslow
Ed Tucker
Ed Tucker
Jimmy Baker
Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese
Presiding Judge
Clara Blandick
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Peterson
Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon
Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Stanley Blystone
Jailer (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Ward Bond
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey
Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Harry C. Bradley
Morgan's Bookkeeper (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Heinie Conklin
Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado
(uncredited)
Inez Courtney
Inez Courtney
Nurse Mae (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Kernan Cripps
Policeman (uncredited)
Helen Flint
Helen Flint
Mrs. Henry Early (uncredited)
Sam Flint
Sam Flint
Racetrack Official (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Christian J. Frank
Sheriff (uncredited)
Gladys Gale
Gladys Gale
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Alan Hale
Alan Hale
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Forrester Harvey
Bradshaw (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
James Whitehall (uncredited)
Frank Holliday
Frank Holliday
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Alfred P. James
Alfred P. James
Mel (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Charles Lane
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Robert McKenzie
Man in Barbershop (uncredited)
John Merton
John Merton
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton
Veterinarian (uncredited)
Helene Millard
Helene Millard
Mrs. Arthur Winslow (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse
(uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Louis Natheaux
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
Reporter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe
(uncredited)
Harry Semels
Harry Semels
Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
Skeeter
Skeeter
Broadway Bill's Rooster (uncredited)
Joan Standing
Joan Standing
Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan
Betting Parlor Operator (uncredited)
Fred Walton
Fred Walton
Butler (uncredited)
Ethel Bryant
Ethel Bryant

Crews

Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Director
Robert Riskin
Robert Riskin
Screenplay
Mark Hellinger
Mark Hellinger
Story
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Producer
Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn
Producer
Howard Jackson
Howard Jackson
Original Music Composer
Joseph Walker
Joseph Walker
Director of Photography
Gene Havlick
Gene Havlick
Editor
Jerome Pycha Jr.
Jerome Pycha Jr.
Art Direction
Robert Kalloch
Robert Kalloch
Costume Design

Posters and backgrounds

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