The Tenderfoot (1932)
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George S. Kaufman's sturdy stage comedy The Butter and Egg Man was the inspiration for no fewer than four Warner Bros. talkie versions. The first of these was The Tenderfoot, starring Joe E. Brown as a wealthy but naive cowboy alone in the Big Apple. The producers of a down-and-out musical revue hope to convince Brown to put his money in their show, sending out cute chorine Ginger Rogers as the "convincer." After having his heart broken a few times and tangling with gangsters, Joe comes through and the show goes on. Warners followed The Tenderfoot with a 1937 musicalization of Butter and Egg Man, Dance Charlie Dance; this in turn was remade as An Angel From Texas in 1942. The final variation on this theme (so far!) was Three Sailors and a Girl (53). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joe E. Brown - Peter Jones
- Lew Cody - Joe Lehman
- Robert Greig - Mack
- Spencer Charters - Oscar
- Lee Kohlmar - Waiter
- Edith Allen - Tart at Depot
- Harry Seymour - Newsstand Proprietor
- Zita Moulton - An actress
- Mae Madison - Cafe Maid
- Jill Dennett - Cafe Cashier
- Theodore Lorch - An actor
- Marion Byron - Kitty
- Ginger Rogers - Ruth
- Vivien Oakland - Miss Martin
- Wilfred Lucas - Patterson
- Ralph Ince - Dolan
- Rychard Cramer - Racketeer
- John Larkin - Depot Porter
- Walter Percival - Depot Slicker
- Charlotte Merriam - Actress
- Joe Barton - The Hebrew
- Douglas Gerrard - Stage Director
- Allan Lane - Actor
- George Chandler - Depot Bum
- Director(s):
- Ray Enright
- Writer(s):
- Earl W. Baldwin, Art Caesar, Monty Banks
- Producer(s):
- Raymond Griffith, Bryan Foy
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