Gag Man, The (Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy)
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Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
66.5 min. (Feature Film)
A couple of bungling idiots (Jimmy Durante and Jack Pearl) are abandoned in the deep jungles of Africa by Baron Munchausen. When a rescue team searching for the lost Baron stumble across the pair, they mistake Pearl for the missing Baron, and take the two of them back to America where they receive a hero's welcome. The phony Baron is invited to speak at Cuddle College, where he finds a love interest in Zasu Pitts, meets three crazy janitors, and faces exposure as a fraud!
Jack Pearl
Julius, 'Baron Munchausen'
Jimmy Durante
Joseph McGoo
Zasu Pitts
Upstairs maid
Henry Kolker
Baron Munchausen
Edna May Oliver
Dean Primrose
Ted Healy
Head janitor
Larry Fine
Janitor
Jerry Howard
Janitor
Moe Howard
Janitor
Ben Bard
Charley Montague
Robert Greig
Fat explorer
Claude King
Sir Herbert, explorer
Greta Meyer
Aunt Sophie
Minerva Urecal
Downstairs maid
Rolfe Sedan
Pants presser
Mary Gordon
Washer woman
Leo White
Chef
Phil Tead
Tour bus guide
Cyril Ring
Mayor's 2nd 'Yes'-man
Don Brodie
Mayor's 3rd 'Yes'-man
Chester Gan
Chinese man
Willie Fung
Chinese man
Lyda Roberti
Parade greeter
Richard Tucker
Radio station manager
Nora Cecil
Professor Winterbottom
Jobyna Howland
Dr. Martin
Lionel Belmore
Explorer with newspaper
Sheila Bromley
Equestrian
Frank O'Connor
Stable boss
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Stable groom
Vera Lewis
Head housekeeper
William B. Davidson
Radio network rep
Bruce Bennett
Train passenger
Margaret Nearing
College girl
Lynn Bari
College girl
Marion Byron
College girl
Andrea Leeds
College girl
Miriam Marlin
Chorine
The MGM Girls
Themselves
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 3
Switchboard operator
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 4
Mae West greeters
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 5
Mayor and 'Yes'-man
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 6
Reporters
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 7
Chinese men
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 8
Statue of Liberty
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 9
Parade greeters
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 10
Radio station staff
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 12
Moroccan cafe
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 13
Radio exec's driver
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 14
Train passengers
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 15
Maternity doctor
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 16
Student equestrians
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 17
Student matron
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 18
Students in shower
Unidentified MEET THE BARON 19
Students
Walter Lang
Director
David O. Selznick
Producer
Joseph Boyle
Assistant Director
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Story
Norman Krasna
Story
P. J. Wolfson
Screenplay
Allen Rivkin
Screenplay
Arthur Kober
Dialogue
William K. Wells
Dialogue
Allen G. Siegler
Photography
James E. Newcom
Film Editor
Franklin H. Webster
Art Director
Howard Fisher
Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Interior Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Recording Director
Oscar Radin
Orchestrator
Jimmy McHugh
Original Music
Dorothy Fields
Lyrics
W. Donn Hayes
Music Editor
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe
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