When's Your Birthday?

When's Your Birthday?
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Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Harvey Gates Malcolm Stuart Boylan Samuel M. Pyke
Screenplay by	Harry Clork H.W. Hanemann Richard Macaulay
Based on	the play by John Frederick Ballard
Produced by	Robert Harris David L. Loew
Starring	Joe E. Brown Marian Marsh
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Music by	Sam Wineland John Leipold Marlin Skiles
Production company	David L. Loew Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	February 19, 1937 (1937-02-19)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Spanish

When's Your Birthday? is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Joe E. Brown. While original prints of this film had a cartoon sequence in Technicolor directed by Bob Clampett and Leon Schlesinger, most surviving prints (including the Internet Archive) have the sequence in black-and-white.

Premise

Dustin Willoughby (Joe E. Brown) is a prizefighter and believer in astrology who only wins when the stars are in alignment.

Cast

• Joe E. Brown - Dustin Willoughby
• Marian Marsh - Jerry Grant
• Fred Keating - Larry Burke
• Edgar Kennedy - Mr. Henry Basscombe
• Maude Eburne - Mrs. Fanny Basscombe
• Suzanne Kaaren - Diane Basscombe
• Margaret Hamilton - Mossy - the Maid
• Minor Watson - James J. Regan
• Frank Jenks - Lefty - Regan's Henchman
• Don Rowan - Steve - Regan's Henchman
• Granville Bates - Judge O'Day
• Charles Judels - Acropolis, the Headwaiter
• Corky - Zodiac, the Dog
• Bobby Barber - Waiter Who Drops Flower Pot (uncredited)
• Ward Bond - Police Detective (uncredited)
• Kit Guard - Ringside Cornerman (uncredited)
• Tom Kennedy - Fight Manager (uncredited)
• Bull Montana - (The) Salvador Slayer (uncredited)

Soundtrack

• "Toreador Song" from Carmen by Georges Bizet
• William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini
• Happy Birthday to You by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Hill
• Ruth Robin with Manny Harmon and His Orchestra – I Love You from Coast to Coast, music and lyrics by Albert Stillman, Alex Hyde and Basil Adlam
• Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves) by Juventino Rosas
• Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
• When the Moon Comes over the Mountain, music and lyrics by Kate Smith, Howard Johnson and Harry M. Woods

External links

• When's Your Birthday? at IMDb
• When's Your Birthday? is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive