A Girl, a Guy and A Gob (1941)
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The girl is stenographer Dot Duncan (Lucille Ball); the guy is her boss, stuffy young shipping magnate Stephen Herrick (Edmond O'Brien); and the gob is a brash sailor known as Coffee Cup (George Murphy). Not surprisingly, the plot involves the efforts by the self-effacing Stephen and the self-confident Coffee Cup to woo and win the lovely Dot. And that's about all the "story" there is; the rest of the picture is jam-packed with round-robin comic misunderstandings and wild slapstick setpieces. A Girl, a Guy and a Gob was one of two RKO Radio films produced by silent-screen great Harold Lloyd, who reportedly dropped in on the set from time to time to offer a bit of sage comedy advice (note the "handkerchief" bit utlized by Edmond O'Brien; it had previously done service in Lloyd's own Welcome Danger). Not as big a moneymaker as Harold's starring features of the 1920s, the RKO film nonetheless turned a tidy profit for the studio. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- George Murphy - Claudis, "Coffee" Cup
- Henry Travers - Abel Martin
- George Cleveland - Pokey Duncan
- Marguerite Chapman - Cecilia Grange
- Mady Correll - Cora
- Doodles Weaver - Eddie
- Nella Walker - Mrs. Grange
- Irving Bacon - Mr. Merney
- Lucille Ball - Dot Duncan
- Hal K. Dawson - Photographer
- Dewey Robinson - Bouncer
- Victor Potel - Bits
- Alex Pollard - Butler
- George Lloyd
- Jack Lescoulie - Sailor
- Carolyn Hughes - Dance Hall Girl
- Andrew Tombes - Bus Conductor
- Leon Belasco - Taxi Driver
- Wade Boteler - Uniformed Attendant
- James Bush
- Edmond O'Brien - Stephen Herrick
- Franklin Pangborn - Pet Shop Owner
- Kathleen Howard - Jawme
- Lloyd Corrigan - Pigeon
- Frank McGlynn, Sr. - Pankington
- Frank Sully - Salty
- Richard Lane - Recruiting Officer
- Warren Ashe - Opera Ticket Taker
- Vince Barnett - Pedestrian
- Charles Smith - Messenger
- Cyril Ring
- Harry "Snub" Pollard - Attendant
- Bob McKenzie - Porter
- Charles Irwin - Dance Hall Emcee
- Tom Quinn - Hustler
- Mary Field - Woman on Street
- Fern Emmett - Middle-Aged Woman
- Joe Bernard - Tattoo Artist
- Ralph Brooks
- Nora Cecil - Charwoman
- Director(s):
- Richard Wallace
- Writer(s):
- Bert Granet, Frank Ryan
- Producer(s):
- Harold Lloyd
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