Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great is a 1933 American PreCode comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joe E. Brown and Patricia Ellis.

Elmer brawls with the gambler and lands in jail, where he learns of a particularly cruel practical joke that had previously been played on him. Out of spite, he refuses to play in the Big Game, and thanks to a jailhouse visit by the gamblers, it looks as though Elmer has taken a bribe, but when he shows up to play after patching things up with Nellie, Elmer proves that hes been trueblue all along. Based on the Broadway play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan, Elmer the Great betrays its stage origins in its static early scenes, but builds confidently to a terrific climax during a rainsoaked ball game.

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