Fast Company
(1929) American
B&W : 70 minutes
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland + [Edwin H. Knopf]

Cast: Evelyn Brent [Evelyn Corey], Jack Oakie [Elmer Kane], Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher [Bert Wade], Sam Hardy [Dave Walker], Arthur Housman [Barney Barlow], Gwen Lee [Rosie La Clerq], Chester Conklin [chamber of commerce president], E.H. Calvert [Platt], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. Kane], Bert Rome [Hank Gordon], Irish Meusel [himself], Arnold ‘Jigger’ Statz [himself], Truck Hannah [himself], Gus Sanberg [himself], Ivan Olson [himself], Wally Rehg [himself], Jack Adams [himself], George Boehler [himself], Howard Burkett [himself], Red Rollings [himself], Frank Greene [himself], Lez Smith [himself]

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Florence Ryerson, from the adaptation by Walton Butterfield and Patrick Kearney of the play Elmer the Great by George M. Cohan and Ring Lardner. Dialogue by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cinematography by Edward Cronjager. Sound recording by Eugene Merritt. Edited by Jane Loring. / Released 14 September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The sound version of the film was released at 2091.84 metres in eight reels; the silent version of the film was released at 1968.7 metres. / Full-sound film.

Comedy.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Actors - Sports: Baseball

Listing updated: 28 October 2005.

References: Edelman-Baseball pp. 160-161, 205-206 : Website-IMDb.