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Director
  
Harry Beaumont

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

5.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Language
  
EnglishSpanish

Whens Your Birthday movie poster
Writer
  
Harvey Gates
,
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
,
Samuel M. Pyke

Release date
  
February 19, 1937

Based on
  
the play by John Frederick Ballard

Music director
  
John Leipold, Marlin Skiles, Sam Wineland

Screenplay
  
Richard Macaulay, Harry Clork, H.W. Hanemann

Cast
  
Joe E. Brown
(Dustin Willoughby),
Marian Marsh
(Jerry Grant),
Fred Keating
(Larry Burke),
Edgar Kennedy
(Mr. Basscombe),
Maude Eburne
(Mrs. Basscombe),
Suzanne Kaaren
(Diane Basscombe)

Similar movies
  
Joe E Brown appears in Whens Your Birthday? and Riding on Air

Afraid to marry his fiancee, Diane (Suzanne Kaaren), under a negative planetary influence, wacky astrology student, busboy and aspiring prizefighter Dustin Willoughby (Joe E. Brown) calls off the wedding and finds a new sweetheart, Jerry (Marian Marsh). Through a series of misadventures, Dustin gains success as a carnival psychic, but loses his girl. When Dustin is tapped to replace a boxer in a big match, he hopes the planets will help him win the fight and get Jerry back.

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Whens Your Birthday movie scenes

Whens 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.

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Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict outcomes of races and other events through astrology.

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 - Regans Henchman
  • Don Rowan - Steve - Regans Henchman
  • Granville Bates - Judge ODay
  • Charles Judels - Acropolis, the Headwaiter
  • Corky - Zodiac, the Dog

    • Similar Movies

    Joe E Brown appears in Whens Your Birthday? and Riding on Air. Joe E Brown appears in Whens Your Birthday? and Fit for a King. Joe E Brown and others appear in Whens Your Birthday? and Flirting with Fate. The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933). Joe E Brown appears in Whens Your Birthday? and Alibi Ike.

    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

    • References

    Whens Your Birthday? Wikipedia
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    Whens Your Birthday? IMDb Whens Your Birthday? themoviedb.org


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