Elmer The Great (1933) - (Movie Clip) Don't Tell Nobody!

Name: Elmer The Great (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Tell Nobody!
Uploaded: 2018-10-19T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Description: Donna Mae Roberts on the switchboard, Charles Wilson the big-shot calling from Chicago, Patricia Ellis as Nellie at the store, various other characters in the Indiana home town, in a script based on a Broadway play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan, opening the First National Joe E. Brown vehicle, Elmer The Great, 1933.

Donna Mae Roberts on the switchboard, Charles Wilson the big-shot calling from Chicago, Patricia Ellis as Nellie at the store, various other characters in the Indiana home town, in a script based on a Broadway play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan, opening the First National Joe E. Brown vehicle, Elmer The Great, 1933.

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