When's Your Birthday?
| When's Your Birthday? | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Produced by |
Robert Harris David L. Loew |
| Written by |
Harvey Gates Malcolm Stuart Boylan Samuel M. Pyke |
| Screenplay by |
Harry Clork H.W. Hanemann Richard Macaulay |
| Based on |
the play by John Frederick Ballard |
| Starring |
Joe E. Brown Marian Marsh |
| Music by |
Sam Wineland John Leipold Marlin Skiles |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Jack Ogilvie |
Production company |
David L. Loew Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates | February 19, 1937 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
English Spanish |
When's Your Birthday? (1937) is an American film directed by Harry Beaumont. While original prints of this film had a cartoon sequence in Technicolor directed by Bob Clampett and Leon Schlesinger, most prints (including the Internet Archive) have the sequence in black-and-white.
Plot summary
Dustin Willoughby (Joe E. Brown) is a prizefighter and believer in astrology, who only wins when the stars are in alignment.
Cast
- Joe E. Brown - Dustin Willoughby
- Marian Marsh - Jerry Grant
- Fred Keating - Larry Burke
- Edgar Kennedy - Mr. Henry Basscombe
- Maude Eburne - Mrs. Fanny Basscombe
- Suzanne Kaaren - Diane Basscombe
- Margaret Hamilton - Mossy - the Maid
- Minor Watson - James J. Regan
- Frank Jenks - Lefty - Regan's Henchman
- Don Rowan - Steve - Regan's Henchman
- Granville Bates - Judge O'Day
- Charles Judels - Acropolis, the Headwaiter
- Corky - Zodiac, the Dog
Soundtrack
- "Toreador Song" from Carmen by Georges Bizet
- William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini
- Happy Birthday to You by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Hill
- Ruth Robin with Manny Harmon and His Orchestra – I Love You from Coast to Coast, music and lyrics by Albert Stillman, Alex Hyde and Basil Adlam
- Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves) by Juventino Rosas
- Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
- When the Moon Comes over the Mountain, music and lyrics by Kate Smith, Howard Johnson and Harry M. Woods
External links
- When's Your Birthday? at the Internet Movie Database
- When's Your Birthday? is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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