When's Your Birthday?
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 have the sequence in black-and-white. The film's copyright was not renewed, and it is in the public domain.
Plot
Dustin Willoughby is a prizefighter and believer in astrology who only wins when the stars are in alignment.Cast
- Joe E. Brown as Dustin Willoughby
- Marian Marsh as Jerry Grant
- Fred Keating as Larry Burke
- Edgar Kennedy as Mr. Henry Basscombe
- Maude Eburne as Mrs. Fanny Basscombe
- Suzanne Kaaren as Diane Basscombe
- Margaret Hamilton as Mossy - the Maid
- Minor Watson as James J. Regan
- Frank Jenks as Lefty - Regan's Henchman
- Don Rowan - Steve as Regan's Henchman
- Granville Bates as Judge O'Day
- Charles Judels as Acropolis, the Headwaiter
- Corky as Zodiac, the Dog
- Bobby Barber as Waiter Who Drops Flower Pot
- Ward Bond as Police Detective
- Kit Guard as Ringside Cornerman
- Tom Kennedy as Fight Manager
- Bull Montana as Salvador Slayer
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 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