Cain and Mabel (1936) - film review

Comedy / Musical / Romance

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Cain and Mabel is an American comedy romance film first released in 1936, directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns and Walter Catlett. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Script: H.C. Witwer, Laird Doyle
Photo: George Barnes
Music: Heinz Roemheld
Cast: Marion Davies (Mabel O’Dare), Clark Gable (Larry Cain), Allen Jenkins (Dodo), Roscoe Karns (Aloysius K. Reilly), Walter Catlett (Jacob ’Jake’ Sherman), Robert Paige (Ronny Cauldwell), Hobart Cavanaugh (Milo, the Stage Manager), Ruth Donnelly (Aunt Mimi), Pert Kelton (Toddy Williams), William Collier Sr. (Pat ’Pop’ Walters), Sammy White (Specialty (Coney Island Number)), E.E. Clive (Charles ’Chuck’ Fendwick), Allen Pomeroy (Fighter Tom Reed), Robert Middlemass (Mr. George, Cafe Proprietor), Joseph Crehan (Reed’s Manager), Charles Teske (Dance Specialty), Eily Malyon (The Old Maid (scenes deleted)), John T. Murray ((scenes deleted)), Mary Treen (Cashier (scenes deleted)), Emmett Vogan (Athletic Club Clerk (scenes deleted)), Josephine Allen (Old Lady), Bill Archer (Page Boy), William Arnold (Photographer), Herbert Ashley (Vegetarian Diner), Earl Askam (Sampson), Curtis Benton (Fight Radio Announcer), George Beranger (Headwaiter), Jack Bergman (Smith Brother), Georgie Billings (Ten-Year-Old Boy), Harry C. Bradley (Man in Library), Victor Briedis (Archie, the Pianist), Tex Brodus (Dancer), George Bruggeman (Caesar), Billy Coe (Timekeeper), Joe Cunningham (Spinach Omelet Diner), Virginia Dabney (Chorus girl), Dick Dennis (Singer), Don Downen (Second Bellboy), Ralph Dunn (Diner Behind Reilly), Robert Eberhardt (Popeye), Jerry Fletcher (Bellboy with Water Pitcher), Dick French (Photographer), Peter Gowland (Dancer), Harry Harvey (Gus, Assistant Stage Manager), Stuart Holmes (Peace Conference Delegate), General Ikonnikoff (Peace Conference Delegate), Delos Jewkes (Smith Brother), Milton Kibbee (Taxi Driver), Joe King (Colonel Johnson, Madison Square Garden Manager), Lillian Lawrence (Woman in Library), John Lince (Old Man), Miriam Marlin (Chorus girl), Rosalind Marquis (Delilah), John Marsden (Manager), Leona McGenty (Fat Waitress), Tom McGuire (Bystander in Gym), Martha Merrill (Chorus girl), Bert Moorhouse (First Hotel Desk Clerk), Hal Neiman (Napoleon), Spec O’Donnell (Autograph Hound), Ted O’Shea (Sailor on Carousel), George Ovey (Stage Doorman), Paul Panzer (Peace Conference Delegate), Bob Perry (Boxing Referee), Lee Phelps (Ring Announcer), Marie Prevost (Sherman’s Receptionist), George Riley (Photographer), Cliff Saum (Wax Museum Barker), General Savitsky (Peace Conference Delegate), Peter Seal (Peace Conference Delegate), Jean Sennett (Secretary), Claire Sinclair, Charles Sullivan (Knockdown Timekeeper), Perc Teeple (Peace Conference Delegate), Rose Terrell (Cinderella), Arthur Thalasso (Nero), Ted Thompson (Second Hotel Desk Clerk), Earl Tree (Photographer), Victoria Vinton (Chorus girl), Marie Wells, Pat West (Trainer in Gym), Leo White (Man with Cane at Deauville), Al Williams (Call Boy), Jane Wyman (Chorus girl)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 90 min; B&W

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