Take a Chance

Take a Chance

90 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 25, 1933

Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.

Take a Chance

90 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 25, 1933

Take a Chance
Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.
Producers Paramount
Original title Take a Chance
Directors Laurence Schwab, Monte Brice
Writers

Cast

James Dunn

as Duke Stanley

June Knight

as Toni Ray

Lillian Roth

as Wanda Hill

Cliff Edwards

as Louie Webb

Lilian Bond

as Thelma Green

Dorothy Lee

as Consuelo Raleigh

Lona Andre

as Miss Miami Beach

Charles Rogers

as Kenneth Raleigh

Charles Richman

as Andrew Raleigh

Robert Gleckler

as Mike Caruso

Harry Shannon

as Bartender

George McKay

as Steve, Stage Manager

Enrico Caruso Jr.

as Bit Role

Marjorie Kane

as Dancehall Girl

Vivian Vance

as Dancehall Girl

Mildred Webb

as Dancehall Girl