Ladies' Day
Brief Synopsis
To save their team, baseball players try to get their star pitcher married to the right woman.
Cast & Crew
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Leslie Goodwins
Director
Lupe Velez
Pepita Zorita
Eddie Albert
Wacky Waters
Patsy Kelly
Hazel Jones
Max Baer
Hippo Jones
Jerome Cowan
Updyke
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Romance
Sports
Release Date
1943
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Ladies' Day by Robert Considine, Edward Lilley and Bertrand Robinson (copyrighted 17 Nov 1939).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 2m
Synopsis
Women are the downfall of Wacky Waters, the crack pitcher of the Sox baseball team; whenever Wacky falls for a female, his pitching average also falls. Consequently, when movie star Pepita Zorita visits the game to sell kisses for War Bonds, Dan Hannigan, the Sox's manager, becomes concerned. After savoring $300 worth of kisses from the glamorous Pepita, Wacky proceeds to lose the game to the opposing team. When Updyke, the representative of the bank that owns the team, arranges for Pepita to accompany the Sox on the road as a publicity stunt, Hazel Jones, the wife of player Hippo Jones, determines to keep Wacky and Pepita apart in the interests of the team. Despite the combined efforts of Hazel and the other wives, Pepita and Wacky sneak away one day and are secretly married. Wacky's marriage intitiates a losing streak for the pitcher, and the team sees their penant hopes evaporate. The Sox and their wives are relieved when Pepita accepts a starring role in Hollywood, but when she finishes production early to hurry back to her husband, Hazel decides to take action. When, in the middle of the World Series, Pepita calls Wacky to arrange a meeting in Kansas City, Hazel, accompanied by fellow baseball wives Kitty McLoan and Joan, beat Wacky to the airport and kidnap Pepita. The three women hold Pepita hostage in a Kansas City hotel room, sending Wacky nightly telegrams from his loving wife. Pepita's continual shrieks bring house detective Dugan to investigate, but Hazel placates him with a story about her ventriloquist sister. Hazel's plan works until the second to the last game of the series, when Kitty is listening to the game on the radio and hears that her husband Spike is kissing a blonde. Kitty becomes furious, and in the ensuing chaos, Pepita steals a bellboy's uniform and escapes the hotel to return to Wacky. With one game remaining, Hazel schemes to keep the newlyweds apart. As Pepita awaits Wacky in the bridal suite, Hazel pretends to make amends by spraying her with perfume. The atomizer holds red dye, however, and after Pepita's face is covered with red spots, a phony doctor hired by the team diagnoses that she has a rare rash and must be quarantined. The next day, as Wacky pitches the final game in the series, the Sox are losing until Pepita enters the stadium and cheers her husband to victory.
Director
Leslie Goodwins
Director
Cast
Lupe Velez
Pepita Zorita
Eddie Albert
Wacky Waters
Patsy Kelly
Hazel Jones
Max Baer
Hippo Jones
Jerome Cowan
Updyke
Iris Adrian
Kitty McLoan
Joan Barclay
Joan
Cliff Clark
Dan Hannigan
Carmen Morales
Marianna D'Angelo
George Cleveland
Doc
Jack Briggs
Marty Samuels
Russ Clark
Smokey Lee
Nedrick Young
Tony D'Angelo
Eddie Dew
Spike McLoan
Tom Kennedy
Dugan, house detective
Richard Martin
Ball player
Russell Wade
Ball player
Wayne Mccoy
Ball player
Malcolm "bud" Mctaggart
Ball player
Mal Merrihugh
Ball player
Charles Russell
Ball player
Jack Shea
Ball player
Jack Gargan
Ball player
Cy Malis
Ball player
Rube Schaffer
Runner
Mary Stuart
Wife
Ariel Heath
Wife
Mary Halsey
Wife
Ann Summers
Wife
Sally Wadsworth
Cute blonde
Jack Carrington
Announcer on field
Eddie Borden
Man on field
Don Kerr
Pepita's assistant
Frank Mills
Umpire
Ralph Sanford
Umpire
Kernan Cripps
Umpire
Bud Geary
Umpire
George O'hanlon
Young rube
Earle Hodgins
Old man customer
Russell Hoyt
Assistant director
Henry Hall
Dr. Adams
Wesley Barry
Reporter
Ted O'shea
Attendant at airport
John Sheehan
Producer
Jack Arnold
Director
Allen Wood
Locker boy
Norman Mayes
Pullman porter
Teddy Mangean
Upstair's bellhop
Barrie Millman
Baby
Fred Carpenter
Bellhop
John O'connor
Cab driver
Jack Stewart
Doorman
George Noisom
Mess boy at airport
Marten Lamont
Crew
Albert S. D'agostino
Art Director
Bert Gilroy
Producer
Feild M. Gray
Art Director
Dane Lussier
Screenwriter
Jack Mackenzie
Director of Photography
Harry Marker
Editing
Harley Miller
Set Decoration
Renie
Gowns
Charles E. Roberts
Screenwriter
Ruby Rosenberg
Assistant Director
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
John E. Tribby
Recording
Roy Webb
Music
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Romance
Sports
Release Date
1943
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Ladies' Day by Robert Considine, Edward Lilley and Bertrand Robinson (copyrighted 17 Nov 1939).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 2m
Articles
Ladies' Day
To save their team, baseball players try to get their star pitcher married to the right woman.
Ladies' Day
To save their team, baseball players try to get their star pitcher married to the right woman.
