Hot Tip (1935)
The multitalented James Gleason was both star and co-director of the RKO Radio programmer Hot Tip. Gleason is cast as restaurant owner Jimmy McGill, an inveterate horse player who's a sucker for every race-track tout within a hundred-mile radius. But his wife Jane (ZaSu Pitts) detests gambling, so Jimmy promises to stop playing the ponies. This promise lasts only until our hero needs 200 bucks in a hurry to help out his future son-in-law Ben (played by Gleason's real-life son Russell Gleason). James Gleason and ZaSu Pitts worked so well together that RKO later reteamed them in two "Hildegarde Withers" entries, The Plot Thickens and 40 Naughty Girls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- ZaSu Pitts, James Gleason, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ray McCarey, James Gleason, (more)
Synopsis of Hot Tip
The multitalented James Gleason was both star and co-director of the RKO Radio programmer Hot Tip. Gleason is cast as restaurant owner Jimmy McGill, an inveterate horse player who's a sucker for every race-track tout within a hundred-mile radius. But his wife Jane (ZaSu Pitts) detests gambling, so Jimmy promises to stop playing the ponies. This promise lasts only until our hero needs 200 bucks in a hurry to help out his future son-in-law Ben (played by Gleason's real-life son Russell Gleason). James Gleason and ZaSu Pitts worked so well together that RKO later reteamed them in two "Hildegarde Withers" entries, The Plot Thickens and 40 Naughty Girls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Hot Tip
- ZaSu Pitts - Belle McGill
- Margaret Callahan - Jane McGill
- Ray Mayer - Tyler
- Arthur Stone - Hooper
- Kitty McHugh - Queenie
- James Gleason - Jimmy McGill
- Russell Gleason - Ben
- J.M. Kerrigan - Matt
- Donald Kerr - Spider
- Director(s):
- James Gleason, Ray McCarey
- Writer(s):
- Hugh Cummings, Louis Stevens, Olive Cooper
- Producer(s):
- William Sistrom
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