Hold Everything (1930)

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Writers:

Buddy G. DeSylva (play)
Ray Henderson (play)

Release Date:

20 March 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

A man is mistaken for a champion fighter. |

Plot Keywords:

Mistaken Identity | Lost Film | Based On Play

Cast

Joe E. Brown	...	Gink Schiner
Winnie Lightner	...	Toots Breen
Georges Carpentier	...	Georges La Verne
Sally O'Neil	...	Sue Burke
Edmund Breese	...	Pop O'Keefe
Bert Roach	...	Nosey Bartlett
Dorothy Revier	...	Norine Lloyd
Jack Curtis	...	Murph Levy
Tony Stabenau	...	Bob Morgan (as Tony Stabeneau)
Lew Harvey	...	Dan Larkin
James Quinn	...	The Kicker (as Jimmie Quinn)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Vitaphone

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

When the picture was released in 1930, Bert Lahr, who had created the role of Gink on Broadway, strongly criticized the fact that Joe E. Brown had copied many of Lahr's mannerisms in the film.

Soundtrack:

Sing A Little Theme Song

All Talking All Color 1930 Vitaphone Musical Comedy

The film elements of this early Technicolor musical no longer exists. The Vitaphone disks, which I have heard, preserve the soundtrack. The musical numbers are great especially the number "When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You" which is played several times throughout the picture. The love story between Georges Carpentier and Sally O'Neill is secondary to the hilarious antics of the comedy duo, Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Brown. This picture was adapted from the stage musical of the same name by B. G. DeSylva and John McGowan. Only one song from the stage show remained: "You're The Cream In My Coffee." Dublin and Burke provided the great new songs for the Vitaphone production.