Film #10 - Broadway Bill (aka Strictly Confidential-UK)
Film Date: 1934 Film Type: comedy/drama Film Color: B&W Studio: Columbia Film Length: 90 min. Lucy's Character: Blonde telephone operator
Film 10 of 81
Director/Producer: Frank Capra (Director), Harry Cohn (Producer)
Warner Baxter plays the carefree scion of a wealthy, highly-respected family. Baxter's cold but socially correct wife Helen Vinson forces her husband into the family business, but Baxter would rather spend his time at the racetrack. He buys a nag named Broadway Bill and tries to build the horse into a winner—if he doesn't bankrupt himself first. Only Baxter's sister-in-law Myrna Loy and black stable hand Clarence Muse have faith in Broadway Bill. The horse wins a crucial race, but dies suddenly at the finish line. Baxter is comforted and given encouragement by Loy, who is now his sweetheart, Vinson having long since washed her hands of her "irresponsible" husband.
Cast:
Warner Baxter - Dan Brooks
Myrna Loy - Alice Higgins
Walter Connolly - J.L. Higgins
Helen Vinson - Margaret Brooks
Douglas Dumbrille - Eddie Morgan
Raymond Walburn - Colonel Pettigrew
Lynne Overman - Happy McGuire
Clarence Muse - Whitey
Margaret Hamilton - Edna
Frankie Darro - Ted Williams
Inez Courtney - Mae, nurse
John Ince - Mayor
Harry Holman - Rube
George Meeker - Henry Early
Charles Lane - Morgan's henchman
Edward Keane - Headwaiter
Charles B. Middleton - Veterinarian
Frank Holliday - Deputy sheriff
Joan Standing - Secretary
Harry Semels - Conductor
William Strauss - Pawnbroker
Harry Todd - Pop Jones
Helene Millard - Mrs. Winslow
Dennis O'Keefe
Ky Robinson - Deputy sheriff
Tom Ricketts - Johnson, the butler
Jason Robards, Sr. - Arthur Winslow
Charles Wilson - Collins
Clara Blandick - Mrs. Peterson, secretary
James "Doc" Blakely - Intern
Stanley Blystone - Jailer
Ward Bond - Morgan's henchman
Harry C. Bradley - Bookkeeper
Robert (Tex) Allen - Reporter
Ernie S. Adams - Patient
Herman Bing - Waiter
Irving Bacon - Hotdog stand owner
Lucille Ball - Bit Part
Paul Harvey - James Whitehall
Kit Guard - Cab driver
Claude Gillingwater - J.P. Chase
Alan Hale - Orchestra leader
Forrester Harvey - Horse trainer
Edmund Breese - Presiding judge
George Cooper - Joe
Eddy Chandler - Onlooker
Gladys Gale - Head nurse
Helen Flint - Mrs. Early
Bess Flowers - Secretary
Special Notes: Lucille Ball plays a blonde telephone operator in her role as a bit-part.
