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  • Goodbye Broadway (1938)
  • Approved
    65 min | Comedy
Goodbye Broadway (1938)
Approved
65 min | Comedy

Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey ...See morePat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey Hotel, insults Pat and the latter uses the $4000, that he and Molly have been saving for years to buy a retirement farm, to buy the hotel so he can fire Harry. Local skinflint, J.A. Higgins wants the hotel as he knows the state has intentions to buy it for a museum, but Pat won't sell. Higgins puts an ad in "Variety" and a swarm of jobless vaudevillians, headed by Marvello descend to take advantage of the "free board" mentioned in the ad, and soon turn it into a three-ring circus. The only paying customer, Iradius P. Oglethorpe, informs Pat that the old chairs stored in the cellar are priceless antiques. Based on that, Pat refuses Higgins' second-and-higher offer, but soon learns that Oglethorpe is the village idiot and the chairs are worthless. Their last hope is a benefit show, staged by Higgins' nephew, Chuck Bradford, who loves Jeanne Carlyle of the Malloy troupe. But the free-loading vaudeville boarders skip town. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
James Gleason (play "The Shannons of Broadway") (based on the Broadway Stge Success by James A. Gleason) | Roy Chanslor (screenplay) | A. Dorian Otvos (screenplay)
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Updated Apr 1, 1938

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Apr 1, 1938 (United States)

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38 cast members
Name Known for
Alice Brady
Molly Malloy Molly Malloy   See fewer
Charles Winninger
Pat Malloy Pat Malloy   See fewer
Tom Brown
Chuck Bradford Chuck Bradford   See fewer
Dorothea Kent
Jeanne Carlyle Jeanne Carlyle   See fewer
Frank Jenks
Harry Clark Harry Clark   See fewer
Jed Prouty
J.A. Higgins J.A. Higgins   See fewer
Willie Best
Jughead Jughead   See fewer
Donald Meek
Iradius P. Oglethorpe Iradius P. Oglethorpe   See fewer
Henry Roquemore
Henry Swanzey Henry Swanzey   See fewer
Dell Henderson
Cromwell Cromwell   See fewer
Jack Daley
Lancaster Lancaster   See fewer
Rollo Lloyd
Merriweather Merriweather   See fewer
Charles Sullivan
Freddie Freddie   See fewer
Virginia Howell
Mrs. Pettergale Mrs. Pettergale   See fewer
Tommy Riggs
Marvello (as Tommy Riggs and his 'Betty Lou') Marvello (as Tommy Riggs and his 'Betty Lou')   See fewer
Brooks Benedict
Undetermined Role (uncredited) Undetermined Role (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Bernard
Asylum Guard (uncredited) Asylum Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Mary Brodel
Chorine (uncredited) Chorine (uncredited)   See fewer
Howard Christie
Undetermined Role (uncredited) Undetermined Role (uncredited)   See fewer
D'Arcy Corrigan
Shakespearean Character (uncredited) Shakespearean Character (uncredited)   See fewer
Edgar Dearing
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Florence Dudley
Undetermined Role (uncredited) Undetermined Role (uncredited)   See fewer
Fern Emmett
Secretary (uncredited) Secretary (uncredited)   See fewer
Edward Gargan
Bus Driver (uncredited) Bus Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry C. Johnson
Juggling Norman (uncredited) Juggling Norman (uncredited)   See fewer
Henry Johnson
Juggling Norman (uncredited) Juggling Norman (uncredited)   See fewer
Ben Lewis
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)   See fewer
Betty Mack
Woman at Theatre (uncredited) Woman at Theatre (uncredited)   See fewer
Kitty McHugh
Blonde (uncredited) Blonde (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Murphy
Passerby (uncredited) Passerby (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Parry
Passerby (uncredited) Passerby (uncredited)   See fewer
Jerry Pina
Barrel Juggler (uncredited) Barrel Juggler (uncredited)   See fewer
Cyril Ring
Undetermined Role (uncredited) Undetermined Role (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Starry
Bicycle Act (uncredited) Bicycle Act (uncredited)   See fewer
Julius Tannen
Caldeway (uncredited) Caldeway (uncredited)   See fewer
Lawrence Wagner
Undetermined Role (uncredited) Undetermined Role (uncredited)   See fewer
Armand 'Curly' Wright
Italian Actor (uncredited) Italian Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
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