Broadway Bill 89 years old

The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'

Broadway Bill

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...

Credits

Broadway Bill Cast

Name Character
Helen Vinson She was 27, 92 years old when she died as Margaret
Lucille Ball She was 23, 77 years old when she died as Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Ward Bond He was 31, 57 years old when he died as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Margaret Hamilton She was 31, 82 years old when she died as Edna
Alan Hale He was 42, 57 years old when he died as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie He was 54, 68 years old when he died as Man in Barbershop (uncredited)
Clara Blandick She was 54, 81 years old when she died as Mrs. Peterson
Myrna Loy She was 29, 88 years old when she died as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Edmund Breese He was 63, 64 years old when he died as Presiding Judge
Frankie Darro He was 16, 59 years old when he died as Ted Williams
Dennis O'Keefe He was 26, 60 years old when he died as (uncredited)
Joan Standing She was 31, 75 years old when she died as Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan He was 41, 76 years old when he died as Betting Parlor Operator (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn He was 47, 81 years old when he died as Colonel Pettigrew
Helen Flint She was 36, 69 years old when she died as Mrs. Henry Early (uncredited)
Clarence Muse He was 45, 89 years old when he died as Whitey
Paul Harvey He was 16, 90 years old when he died as James Whitehall (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone He was 40, 61 years old when he died as Jailer (uncredited)
Walter Connolly He was 47, 53 years old when he died as J.L. Higgins
Charles Lane He was 29, 102 years old when he died as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
George Meeker He was 30, 80 years old when he died as Henry Early
Lynne Overman He was 47, 55 years old when he died as Happy McGuire
Sam Flint He was 52, 97 years old when he died as Racetrack Official (uncredited)
Warner Baxter He was 45, 62 years old when he died as Dan Brooks
Douglass Dumbrille He was 45, 84 years old when he died as Eddie Morgan
Harry Semels He was 47, 58 years old when he died as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor He was 53, 84 years old when he died as Reporter (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse He was 40, 59 years old when he died as (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey He was 50, 61 years old when he died as Bradshaw (uncredited)
Inez Courtney She was 26, 67 years old when she died as Nurse Mae (uncredited)
Gino Corrado He was 41, 89 years old when he died as (uncredited)
Charles Middleton He was 60, 74 years old when he died as Veterinarian (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey He was 56, 64 years old when he died as Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)
George Cooper He was 41, 122 years old when he died as Joe
Irving Bacon He was 41, 71 years old when he died as Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Helene Millard She was 29, 68 years old when she died as Mrs. Arthur Winslow (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank He was 44, 77 years old when he died as Sheriff (uncredited)
Frank Holliday He was 22, now 67 years old as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley He was 65, 78 years old when he died as Morgan's Bookkeeper (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr. He was 41, 70 years old when he died as Arthur Winslow
Kernan Cripps as Policeman (uncredited)
John Merton He was 33, 58 years old when he died as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Broadway Bill Crew

Name Department
Joseph Walker as Director of Photography. He was 42 (92) years old when He died Camera
Robert Riskin as Screenplay. He was 37 (58) years old when He died Writing
Howard Jackson as Original Music Composer. He was 34 (66) years old when He died Sound
Gene Havlick as Editor. He was 40 (65) years old when He died Editing
Jerome Pycha, Jr. as Art Direction. Art
Robert Kalloch as Costume Design. He was 41 (54) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Frank Capra as Director. He was 37 (94) years old when He died Directing
Frank Capra as Producer. He was 37 (94) years old when He died Production
Harry Cohn as Producer. He was 43 (66) years old when He died Production
Mark Hellinger as Story. He was 31 (44) years old when He died Writing
Broadway Bill poster
Broadway Bill (89 years)

The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'

  • Release day: Friday, November 30, 1934
  • Runtime: 104 minutes
  • Budget: 668900.00
  • Revenue: 1400000.00