

Elmer, the Great
DirectorMervyn LeRoy
“A pennant Winning Panic About Base ball and Blondes!”
Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, where his naivete and arrogance soon put his relationship and career into jeopardy.
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Cast

Joe E. Brown
Elmer Kane

Patricia Ellis
Nellie Poole

Frank McHugh
Healy High-Hips

Claire Dodd
Evelyn

Preston Foster
Walker

Russell Hopton
Whitey

Sterling Holloway
Nick Kane

Jane Wyman
Game spectator (uncredited)

Emma Dunn
Mrs. Kane

Charles C. Wilson
Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)

Charles Delaney
Johnny Abbott

Berton Churchill
Colonel Moffitt
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