Broadminded (film)

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Broadminded
Broadminded poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Written byBert Kalmer
Harry Ruby
StarringJoe E. Brown
Ona Munson
William Collier Jr.
Production
company
Release date
  • August 1, 1931 (1931-08-01)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Broadminded is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joe E. Brown.[1]

Plot[]

Brown plays Ossie, a New York City playboy sent to California to straighten himself out. He and his cousin, while driving west, pay too much attention to a sedan full of college girls and rear end a car driven by Pancho Arango (Bela Lugosi). The cousins make it to Hollywood where Ossie falls in love with Pancho's daughter.

Cast[]

Production[]

Filming took place in March 1931.[2] The movie was made a few months after Lugosi's hit Dracula was released. Lugosi still used his stare in this film, this time with comedic effect, and looks like he was enjoying himself.

Preservation status[]

  • A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Broadminded Retrieved July 10, 2018
  2. ^ Lennig, Arthur. The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved January 4, 2016
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.22 c.1978 by The American Film Institute..Retrieved July 10, 2018

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