Saratoga (1937)
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Jean Harlow offers her final screen performance in this witty and -- in retrospect -- quite moving racetrack comedy-drama co-starring Clark Gable and Walter Pidgeon. When her father dies shortly after losing his horse farm to Duke Bradley (Gable), Carol Clayton (Harlow) refuses the handsome bookmaker's offer to forget the debt and instead vows to pay him back in full. She even forbids her stockbroker fiancé, Harley Madison (Pidgeon), to make wagers that may benefit Duke, but promises to marry him once her champion horse wins at Saratoga. But against all the odds, Carol falls in love with Duke and when he appears in danger of ruination, she finds herself rooting for the competitor to win the all-important race. Saratoga, which was finished using both onscreen and voice doubles for Jean Harlow, was partially filmed on-location at Lexington and Louisville, KY, and in Saratoga Springs, NY. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jean Harlow - Carol Clayton
- Lionel Barrymore - Grandpa Clayton
- Walter Pidgeon - Hartley Madison
- Cliff Edwards - Zip O'Brien
- Jonathan Hale - Frank Clayton
- Frankie Darro - Dixie Gordon
- Sam Flint - Judge
- Robert Emmett Keane - Auctioneer
- John Hyams - Horse Owner
- Harrison Greene - Clipper
- Irene Franklin - Passenger on Train
- Ernie Stanton - Passenger on Train
- Dennis O'Keefe - Bidder
- Fred "Snowflake" Toones - Train Porter
- Gertrude Simpson - Bit
- Bert Roach - Passenger on Train
- Walter Robbins - Limpy
- George H. Reed - Butler
- Patsy O'Connor - Hurley's Kid
- Charles Moore - Bartender
- Victor McLaglen - Butler
- Drew Demarest - Cameraman
- Herbert Ashley - Bartender
- Edgar Dearing - Medbury the Trainer
- Nick Copeland - Passenger on Train
- Clark Gable - Duke Bradley
- Frank Morgan - Jesse Kiffmeyer
- Una Merkel - Fritzi O'Malley
- George Zucco - Dr. Harmsworth Bierd
- Hattie McDaniel - Rosetta
- Franklyn Ardell - Passenger on Train
- Hank Mann - Passenger on Train
- Si Jenks - Gardener
- Margaret Hamilton - Maizie
- Ruth Gillette - Mrs. Hurley
- Charley Foy - Valet
- Bill Carey - Passenger on Train
- Pat West - Horse Owner
- Carl Stockdale - Boswell
- Mel Ruick - Tout
- Joseph E. Bernard - Attendant
- Geraldine Dvorak - Harlow's Double
- Lionel Pape - Horse Owner
- Forbes Murray - Pullman Steward
- John Miller - Passenger on Train
- Frank McGlynn, Sr. - Kenyon
- Mary Dees - Carol Clayton (double for Harlow after her
- Hooper Atchley - Bidder
- George Chandler - Cameraman
- Director(s):
- Jack Conway
- Writer(s):
- Anita Loos, Robert Hopkins
- Producer(s):
- Bernard Hyman
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