Gag Man, The (Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy)
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Released November 10, 1933
Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
MGM
102 min. (Feature Film)
102 min. (Feature Film)
MOVIETONE NEWS and production photographs reveal that Moe, Larry and Curly may have participated in the filming of this MGM feature film, without Ted. Whatever footage they had is not in the released version, and the extent of their scenes is currently unknown, although it's assumed that it was nothing more than a cameo. Research continues.
A washed up boxing manager (Walter Huston) climbs out of the bottle when he discovers barroom bouncer Steve Morgan (Max Baer) has the makings of a contender. As Steve trains for his first fight, he meets and falls in love with singer Belle (Myrna Loy), the girlfriend of nightclub owner and gangster Willie Ryan. Steve's career is on the rise when he and Belle marry, breaking Ryan's heart. Willie vows that if Steve ever gives Belle one unhappy day, that's when he'll take his revenge. Morgan may give him the chance, when fame and ego turns him into a straying husband. Eventually Belle leaves him, so Ryan arranges for Steve to fight heavyweight champ Primo Carnero, planning for Carnero to destroy Steve in the ring.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.50/10]
[6.50/10]
Myrna Loy
Belle
Max Baer
Steve Morgan
Walter Huston
Professor
Otto Kruger
Willie Ryan
Vince Barnett
Bugsie
Primo Carnera
Himself
Jack Dempsey
Himself
Muriel Evans
Linda
Al Hill
Al Muncie
Harry Woods
George Lyons
Morgan Wallace
Mr. Black
Garry Owen
Jake
Leila Bennett
Maid
Bill Duffy
Himself, Carnera's manager
Matt McHugh
Professor's drinking buddy
Robert McWade
Sonny
John Kelly
Bar patron
Harry C. Bradley
Bar patron
Jack Pennick
Bar patron
Carl Stockdale
Bar patron
Jay Eaton
Bar patron
Dorothy Appleby
Saloon hostess
Dennis O'Keefe
Nightclub extra
Edward Earle
Ryan's associate
Brooks Benedict
Reporter at training camp
Don Brodie
Reporter
Donald Kerr
Reporter
Miriam Marlin
Chorine
Zita Baca
Dancer
Jean Howard
Showgirl
Tenen Holtz
Maitre d'
Kit Guard
Man in Steve's dressing room
Larry McGrath
Referee
Arthur Hoyt
Ringside fan
Ronald R. Rondell
Ringsider
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Trainer
Harry Wilson
Training camp observer
Buster Slaven
Billy, farmer's son
Cora Sue Collins
Farmer's daughter
Dan Tobey
Himself, ring announcer
Matt Roubert
Newsboy
Jess Willard
Himself
Billy Papke
Himself
James J. Jeffries
Himself
Frank Moran
Himself
Joe Rivers
Himself
Ed 'Strangler' Lewis
Himself
Jackie Fields
Himself
Billy Coe
Himself, timekeeper
Harvey Parry
stunts
Jerry Howard
scene deleted
Larry Fine
scene deleted
Moe Howard
scene deleted
W. S. Van Dyke
Director
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
Frances Marion
Story
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
John Meehan
Screenplay
Lester H. White
Photography
Robert Kern
Film Editor
David Townsend
Art Director
Fredric Hope
Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Sound Recording
Frank Skinner
Music Arranger
Paul Marquardt
Music Arranger
David Snell
Music
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe
Seymour Felix
Vaudeville Sketch
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