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When's Your Birthday? (1937)

1937 · Feature film · 76 min · dir. Harry Beaumont

Your Past Your Present Your Future all rolled into one big howl!

  • romantic comedy
  • boxing film

Synopsis

Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict outcomes of races and other events through astrology.

Synopsis from TMDb

Details

Director
Harry Beaumont
Writer
Harry Clork
Cinematography
George Robinson
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Released
1937-02-19
Running time
76 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Joe E Brown..never fails · Dr Feel Rotten · 2011-01-01

He always delivers the knockout punch in laughs..Gotta love Joe E Brown movies.. He's a budding astrologer forced to stand in for the champ at the last minute and gets beaten badly until his moon rises during the fight. No real suspense in Joe E brown movies, just lots of laughs.

★★ · Disjointed · Big Boomer · 2017-11-15

It is hard to suspend disbelief with this one. Many bits and pieces of plot that don't quite fit together. Joe E. Brown is a prize fighter. Or a bus boy. Or a suitor of a society deb. Or an Astrologer in training. Or a swami. Or a fortuneteller. Or back to being a fighter. The plot line is thin and the humor is esoteric...

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