Summary
Gift of Gab is an American film comedy first released in 1934,
directed by Karl Freund.
The film stars Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart, Ruth Etting, Phil Baker and Ethel Waters.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Karl Freund
- Script: Lou Breslow, Philip G. Epstein, Rian James, Jerry Wald
- Photo: George Robinson, Harold Wenstrom
- Music: Edward Ward
- Cast: Edmund Lowe (Phillip "Gift of Gab" Gabney), Gloria Stuart (Barbara Kelton), Ruth Etting (Ruth), Phil Baker (Absent-minded Doctor), Ethel Waters (Ethel), Alice White (Margot), Alexander Woollcott (Cameo Appearance), Victor Moore (Colonel Trivers), Hugh O’Connell (Patsy), Helen Vinson (Nurse), Gene Austin (Radio Artist), Tom Hanlon (Radio Announcer), Henry Armetta (Janitor), Andy Devine (McDougal the waiter), Wini Shaw (Cabaret Singer), Marion Byron (Telephone Girl), Sterling Holloway (Sound Effects Man), Sid Walker (Stooge), John ’Skins’ Miller (Stooge), Jack Harling (Stooge), Edwin Maxwell (Norton, President WGAB), Leighton Noble (Orchestra Leader), Maurice Black (Audition Room Owner), Tammany Young (Thug), James Flavin (Alumni President), Billy Barty (Baby), Florence Enright (Mother), Dick Elliott (Father), Warner Richmond (Cop), Boris Karloff (Cameo Appearance), Paul Lukas (Cameo Appearance), Roger Pryor (Cameo Appearance), Bela Lugosi (Cameo Appearance), June Knight (Cameo Appearance), Chester Morris (Cameo Appearance), Binnie Barnes (Cameo Appearance), Douglass Montgomery (Cameo Appearance), Graham McNamee (Cameo Appearance), Beale Street Boys (Cameo Appearance), Downey Sisters (Cameo Appearance), Douglas Fowley (Cameo Appearance), Sidney Skolsky (Cameo Appearance), Gus Arnheim (Cameo Appearance), Bob Davis (Member, Beale Street Boys), Dave O’Brien, Dennis O’Keefe
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 70 min; B&W
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Comedy / Musical






