Gag Man, The (Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy)
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Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
80 min. (Feature Film)
Joe Gimlet (Lee Tracy) is a small businessmen, barely scraping by with his loving wife Mary (Mae Clarke). When successful old friend Ted Wright stops by, who married the local rich girl that could have been Joe's, Joe begins to regret the choices he made in life. After a domestic squabble, Joe is hit by a car and when he comes to finds that he is 20 years younger with a chance to do things over again. Joe gives up Mary, and makes the decisions he missed to become a rich man, using his knowledge of history to invest in burdgeoning industries. But he finds that his money and "other" marriage haven't brought him the happiness he envied or wants.
The Stooges, without Healy, make a brief cameo appearance in this film as singing guests at Joe and Elvina's wedding reception.
Lee Tracy
Joe Gimlet
Mae Clarke
Mary Gimlet / Mary Wright
Otto Kruger
Ted Wright
Peggy Shannon
Elvina Wright / Elvina Gimlet
George Barbier
Pete Evans
C. Henry Gordon
Dave Holmes
Clara Blandick
Joe's mother
Edward Gargan
Pete, checkers player
Charley Grapewin
Dr. Henderson
William Burress
Mr. Cradwell
Ernie Alexander
Wedding guest
Ruth Cherrington
Wedding guest
Jerry Howard
Wedding guest
Moe Howard
Wedding guest
Larry Fine
Wedding guest
Forrest Taylor
Spanish-American War vet
Carl Stockdale
Henry Cord
Arthur Stuart Hull
1st wartime dignitary
Irene Hervey
Joe's maid
Don Brodie
Reporter
Ernie Adams
Reporter
Sherry Hall
Reporter
Donald Kerr
Reporter
Lester Dorr
Joe's aide
Broderick O'Farrell
Senate board member
Wilfred Lucas
1921 spokesman
Hooper Atchley
1925 spokesman
Harry Holman
1929 spokesman
Norman Ainsley
Joe's valet
Phillips Smalley
Banker
Guy Usher
Mr. Mullins
Harold Miller
Man with Mullins
Nell Craig
Nurse
Leo White
Waiter
Bert Moorhouse
Nightclub patron
Dick Gordon
Nightclub patron
Symona Boniface
Nightclub patron
Paul Power
Nightclub patron
Carl M. Leviness
Nightclub patron
Edmund Mortimer
Party guest
Adolph Faylauer
Party guest
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Party guest
Philo McCullough
Party guest
Bess Flowers
Party guest
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 1
Piano player
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 2
President Wilson
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 3
Wright butler
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 4
Wright chauffeur
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 5
Mr. Mazzarin
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 6
Mr. Simpson
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 7
Speaker dignitary
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 8
Reporters
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 10
Joe's 1st maid
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 11
Joe's secretaries
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 12
Joe's aides
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 13
2nd checkers player
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 14
Nightclub waiters
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 15
Nightclub patrons
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 16
Wedding guests
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 17
Party guests
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 18
Policemen
Unidentified TURN BACK THE CLOCK 20
Senate committee
Harry Rapf
Associate Producer
Edgar Selwyn
Director
Edgar Selwyn
Screenplay
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Harold Rosson
Photography
Frank Sullivan
Film Editor
Stanwood Rogers
Art Director
Douglas Shearer
Recording Director
Edwin B. Willis
Interior Decoration
Adrian
Gowns
Herbert Stothart
Original Music
Fred M. Wilcox
Assistant Director
Fred Morgan
Sound Mixer
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