Hi, Nellie! (1934)
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Nathaniel West's novel Miss Lonelyhearts inspired two films of the early 1930s: Advice to the Lovelorn (33) and Hi, Nellie! Paul Muni stars in the latter film as a big-city newspaper editor who gets in trouble for printing unsubstantiated information about a murder case. Muni is demoted and forced to write the paper's advice column, signing himself "Nellie." As he recklessly dispenses frivolous advice, Muni keeps tabs on the person he'd accused of murder. Using his "Nellie" connections, Muni gets the goods on the killer--and nearly gets rubbed out by a gangster mob. Warner Bros. must have been crazy about Hi, Nellie!, since the studio remade the film three times: Love is on the Air (37), You Can't Escape Forever (42), and House Across the Street (49). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Paul Muni - Bradshaw
- Douglas Dumbrille - Harvey Dawes
- Ned Sparks - Shammy
- Pat Wing - Sue
- George Meeker - Sheldon
- Sidney Miller - Louie
- James Donlan - Evans
- Marjorie Gateson - Mrs. Canfield
- Gus Reed - Mac
- Nina Campana - Italian woman
- Allen Vincent - Nick Grassi
- Harry Seymour - Drunk
- John Qualen - Janitor
- Harold Huber - Leo
- Milt Kibbee - Dwyer
- Ralph McCullough - Poker player
- Glenda Farrell - Gerry
- Robert H. Barrat - Brownell
- Hobart Cavanaugh - Fullerton
- Edward Ellis - O'Connell
- Berton Churchill - Graham
- George Chandler - Danny
- Antonio Filauri - Head waiter
- Harold Miller - Graham's secretary
- Paul Kaye - Helwig
- Kathryn Sergava - Grace
- Sidney Skolsky - Himself
- Frank Reicher - Nathan
- Howard Hickman - Dr. Wilson
- George Humbert - Marinello
- Dorothy Libaire - Rosa Marinello
- Donald Meek - Durkin
- Director(s):
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Writer(s):
- Sid Sutherland, Abem Finkel
- Producer(s):
- Robert R. Presnell, Sr.
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