Broadway Bill

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Broadway Bill

G,

1934,

1h 30m,

Romance/

Comedy

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Gambler Dan Brooks (Warner Baxter) is married to Margaret (Helen Vinson), the daughter of a factory owner (Walter Connolly), but is more interested in horse racing than joining the family business. One day, Dan decides to go from betting on races to competing in them when he purchases an unimpressive horse. Though his wife is fed up with him, Dan gets support from his sister-in-law, Princess (Myrna Loy), and stableman Whitey (Clarence Muse) as they try to turn the loser horse into a winner.

Otis Ferguson

The New Republic

Jan 22, 2024

It is nice to see someone stand on his own legs and abuse the filthy rich, and the horse race is pretty exciting: but anyone can do that. Where the film stands out is for its incidental human warmth and naturalness.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Jun 2, 2022

Capra’s skill with bit players here is as important as his handling of stars elsewhere; he builds suspense at key moments with a fleet rock-skipping effect in the editing rhythms, which can only be brought about through careful attention...

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

Apr 20, 2020

The news is that Broadway Bill has that informal and unstudied touch. Also some of the best horse-racing atmosphere ever shot. Also the pleasant Myrna Loy...

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 2, 2019

Broadway Bill may not make a racing enthusiast out of you. But it will throw considerable light on the psychology of track fanatics in general.

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Helen Brown Norden

Vanity Fair

Jun 7, 2019

A new Frank Capra picture which is entertaining enough, but by no means another It Happened One Night.

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Jan 1, 2008

4/5

Fine, early Capra--basis for later Crosby musical 'Riding High' (also Capra directed).

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Warner Baxter

Dan Brooks

Myrna Loy

Alice Higgins

Walter Connolly

J.L. Higgins

Helen Vinson

Margaret

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Gambler Dan Brooks (Warner Baxter) is married to Margaret (Helen Vinson), the daughter of a factory owner (Walter Connolly), but is more interested in horse racing than joining the family business. One day, Dan decides to go from betting on races to competing in them when he purchases an unimpressive horse. Though his wife is fed up with him, Dan gets support from his sister-in-law, Princess (Myrna Loy), and stableman Whitey (Clarence Muse) as they try to turn the loser horse into a winner.

Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Harry Cohn
Screenwriter: Mark Hellinger, Robert Riskin, Sidney Buchman
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: G
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 30, 1934, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Aug 31, 2004
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Flat (1.37:1)

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