The Toast of New York (1937) - film review

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The Toast of New York is an American war film first released in 1937, directed by Rowland V. Lee and Alexander Hall. The film stars Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie and Donald Meek. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall
Script: Bouck White, Matthew Josephson, Dudley Nichols, John Twist, Joel Sayre, Thomas Lennon, P.J. Wolfson
Photo: J. Peverell Marley
Music: Nathaniel Shilkret
Cast: Edward Arnold (James ’Jim’ Fisk Jr.), Cary Grant (Nicholas ’Nick’ Boyd), Frances Farmer (Josie Mansfield), Jack Oakie (Luke), Donald Meek (Daniel Drew), Thelma Leeds (Mlle. Fleurique), Clarence Kolb (Commodore Cornelius ’Corneel’ Vanderbilt), Billy Gilbert (Portrait photographer), George Irving (Broker selling gold), Russell Hicks (Fisk’s lawyer), Dudley Clements (Jed Collins), Lionel Belmore (President of the board), Robert McClung (Bellhop), Robert Dudley (Sam, a janitor), Dewey Robinson (’Beef’ Dooley), Stanley Fields (Militia top sergeant), Oscar Apfel (Wallack), Joyce Compton (Mary Lou), Frank M. Thomas (Fisk’s lawyer), Richard Alexander (Stabbed Actor in Play), William Arnold (Broker), Reginald Barlow (Mr. Taylor, hotel proprietor), James Barnes (Broker), Clem Bevans (Hungry panhandler), Stanley Blystone (Sheriff), Lynton Brent (Reporter), Tyrone Brereton (Southern cracker), Robert Brister (Broker), Tom Brower (Taylor Hotel waiter-workman), Daisy Bufford (Heather, Josie’s maid), James Carlyle (Broker), Virginia Carroll (Virginia Lee), Allan Cavan (Stock market loser), Tom Chatterton (Fisk broker), Harvey Clark (First tailor), George Cleveland (Perkins, Luke’s secretary in Boston), Tom Coleman (Sergeant), Ginger Connolly (Call boy), Hal Craig (Broker), Frank Hall Crane (Second tailor), Frank Darien (Member of the board of directors), Wally Dean (Man in New York restaurant), Joe De Stefani (Astor House headwaiter), Homer Dickenson (Toastmaster), Charles Dorety (Reporter), Emile Durelle (Buyer), Earl Dwire (Member of the board of directors), Jay Eaton (Man in New York restaurant), Jack Egan (Reporter talking to Nick), James Finlayson (Trick-hat inventor), J.C. Fowler (Buyer), Christian J. Frank (Deputy sheriff), Robert Frazer (Vanderbilt’s broker), Peter Gerhard (Printer), Gavin Gordon (Southern major), Mary Gordon (Mrs. Callahan, charwoman), William Gould (Angry Stockholder who shoots Fisk), Malcolm Graham (Second gentleman), Allen Greer (Southern cracker), Ben Hall (Eternal flame inventor), Winter Hall (Member of the board of directors), Frank Hammond (Mountaineer), Clarence Harvey (Member of the board of directors), Edward Heim (Printer), Frank Hemphill (Stage hand), Ben Hewlett (Reporter), Maxine Elliott Hicks (Mother), Otto Hoffman (Member of the board of directors), Reed Howes (Man in New York restaurant), Gladden James (Third gentleman), William Jeffrey (Broker), Mike Jeffries (Reporter), Jack Kenny (Deputy sheriff), Crauford Kent (Member of the board of directors), Richard Kipling (Southern man), Ethan Laidlaw (Sheriff’s Deputy), Isabel La Mal (Woman), Fred Lee (Bostonian in restaurant), William Lemuels (Broker), Theodore Lorch (Man at opera), Jack Luden (Man in New York restaurant), Marie Marks (Check room girl), John Marshall (Fisk broker), Jim Mason (Angry Southerner on Horseback), Nelson McDowell (Tall panhandler), Margaret Morris (Woman), Jack Mulhall (Broker), Walter Murray (Broker), Tom O’Grady (Broker), Bradley Page (Vanderbilt associate), Jack Perry (Soldier on firehose), Lon Poff (Mountaineer), James Quinn (News butcher), Frank Rasmussen (Clerk), Ernest Shields (Clerk), Cameron Smith (Buyer), Vera Steadman (Bit Role), Larry Steers (Buyer), Jerry Storm (Little broker), John M. Sullivan (President of the stock exchange), Frank Arthur Swales (Inventor), Nick Thompson (Joe Santelli, Italian wagon owner), Ted Thompson (Man in New York restaurant), Francis Palmer Tilton (Artist), Monte Vandergrift (Reporter talking to Nick), Foy Van Dolsen (Inventor), Bryant Washburn (Vanderbilt’s broker), Blackie Whiteford (Drilling soldier)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 109 min; B&W

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