Broadminded (film)
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Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Written by | Bert Kalmer Harry Ruby |
Starring | Joe E. Brown Ona Munson William Collier Jr. |
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65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadminded is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joe E. Brown.
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Plot
Brown plays Ossie, a New York City playboy sent to California to straighten himself out. He and his cousin, while driving west, pay too much attention to a sedan full of college girls and rear end a car driven by Pancho Arango (Bela Lugosi). The cousins make it to Hollywood where Brown falls in love with Lugosi's daughter.
Cast
- Joe E. Brown - Ossie Simpson
- Ona Munson - Constance Palmer
- William Collier Jr. - Jack Hackett
- Marjorie White - Penny Packer
- Holmes Herbert - John J. Hackett Sr.
- Margaret Livingston - Mabel Robinson
- Thelma Todd - Gertie Gardner
- Bela Lugosi - Pancho Arango
Production
Filming took place in March, 1931.[1] The movie was made a few months after Lugosi's hit Dracula was released. Lugosi still used his stare in this film, this time with comedic effect, and looks like he was enjoying himself.
References
- ↑ Lennig, Arthur. The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved 4 January 2016
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Broadminded at IMDb
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