The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Norman Z. McLeod

Writers:

Frank Butler (1936 screenplays)
Richard Connell (1936 screenplays)
(more)

Release Date:

21 March 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister...

Plot Keywords:

Boxer | New York City | Beautiful Woman | Boxing | Irish American

Cast

Danny Kaye	...	Burleigh Hubert Sullivan
Virginia Mayo	...	Polly Pringle
Vera-Ellen	...	Susie Sullivan
Steve Cochran	...	Speed McFarlane
Eve Arden	...	Ann Westley
Walter Abel	...	Gabby Sloan
Lionel Stander	...	Spider Schultz
Fay Bainter	...	Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Clarence Kolb	...	Wilbur Austin
Victor Cutler	...	Photographer
Charles Cane	...	Willard - Reporter
Jerome Cowan	...	Fight announcer
Don Wilson	...	Radio announcer
Knox Manning	...	Radio announcer
Kay Thompson	...	Matron
Johnny Downs	...	Master of Ceremonies
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Aldrich	...	Handler Carrying Hogan from Ring (uncredited)
Betty Alexander	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Rudolph Andrean	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Larry Anzalone	...	Fighter being knockedout (uncredited)
Shirley Ballard	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Bobby Barber	...	Enthusiastic Ringsider (uncredited)
Virginia Belmont	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict	...	Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict	...	Newsboy #2 (uncredited)
Jody Black	...	Acrobatic dancer (uncredited)
Betty Blythe	...	Mrs. LeMoyne's friend (uncredited)
Mabel Boehlke	...	Acrobatic dancer (uncredited)
Jan Bryant	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Alfred Burke	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Betty Cargyle	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
James Carlisle	...	Mrs. LeMoyne's friend (uncredited)
Nora Cecil	...	Woman in Window (uncredited)
George Chandler	...	Reporter in hotel room (uncredited)
Robert Wade Chatterton	...	Man who lifts up Susie (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham	...	Milkman Joe Eddelson (uncredited)
Dorothy Clarke	...	Acrobatic dancer (uncredited)
Michael Collins	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Tony M. Conde	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Jean Cronin	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Eddie Cutler	...	Dancer in'Old Fashioned' number (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Gill Dennis	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Tom Dillon	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Lester Dorr	...	Reporter at train (uncredited)
Dan Drake	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn	...	Sullivan's handler (uncredited)
Jay Eaton	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Dorothy Ellers	...	Polly Pringle (singing voice) (uncredited)
Jim Farley	...	(uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Ringsider at first fight (uncredited)
Mary Forbes	...	Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
William Forrest	...	Guest (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler	...	Bystander (uncredited)
Jack Gargan	...	Milkman Getting Water (uncredited)
Gertude Gault	...	Acrobatic dancer (uncredited)
Karen X. Gaylord	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Bob Gompers	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	...	Fight Stadium Usher (uncredited)
Ben Hall	...	Newpaper Vendor (uncredited)
Donna Hamilton	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Eddie Hart	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Al Hill	...	Bit part (uncredited)
John Indrisano	...	Title fight referee (uncredited)
Harvey Karels	...	Dancer in 'Old Fashioned' number (uncredited)
Jimmy Kelly	...	Dancer in 'What's Your Name' number (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp	...	Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy	...	Referee #1 (uncredited)
Donald Kerr	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Helen Kimball	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Nolan Leary	...	Ackerman - the Milkman (uncredited)
Vonne Lester	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Loft	...	Joe, Stage Manager (uncredited)
Joyce Mackenzie	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Kenneth McAndish	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Torben Meyer	...	Garden party guest (uncredited)
Martha Montgomery	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Frank Moran	...	Hogan - Fighter Carried from Ring (uncredited)
Diana Mumby	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Billy Nelson	...	Ringside retainer to Sullivan (uncredited)
William Newell	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Jack Norton	...	Garden party guest (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien	...	Milkman (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell	...	Arena call boy (uncredited)
Charles Perry	...	Handler (uncredited)
'Snub' Pollard	...	Man who reacts to lion (uncredited)
Tom Quinn	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Frank Riggi	...	Killer Kelly (uncredited)
Jack Roper	...	Kelly's fight manager (uncredited)
Al Ruiz	...	Dancer in 'Old Fashioned' number (uncredited)
Betty Russell	...	Susie Sullivan (singing voice) (uncredited)
Syd Saylor	...	Taxi driver (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Milkman Prankster with Ink (uncredited)
Harry Semels	...	Ringsider at first fight (uncredited)
Shirley Sharon	...	Acrobatic dancer (uncredited)
George Sherwood	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Rudolph Silva	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Mary Simpson	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Larry Steers	...	Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Kismi Stefan	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Strong	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan	...	First timekeeper (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook	...	Policeman at Train Station (uncredited)
Virginia Thorpe	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Ruth Valmy	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Tyra Vaughn	...	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin	...	E. Winthrop LeMoyne (uncredited)
Billy Wayne	...	Reporter in hotel room (uncredited)
Ulysses Williams	...	Hogan, prelim fighter getting knocked out (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	...	LeMoynes' butler (uncredited)
Betty Yeaton	...	Acrobatic dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Z. McLeod

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Frank Butler		1936 screenplay The Milky Way
Harry Clork		play "The Milky Way"
Richard Connell		1936 screenplay The Milky Way
Don Hartman		adaptation
Grover Jones		1936 screenplay The Milky Way
Lynn Root		play "The Milky Way"
Melville Shavelson		adaptation

Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn	....	producer

Cinematography by
Gregg Toland

Film Editing by
Daniel Mandell

Art Direction by
Stewart Chaney
Perry Ferguson

Set Decoration by
Howard Bristol
Clifford Porter

Costume Design by
Miles White

Makeup Department
Marie Clark	....	hair stylist
Robert Stephanoff	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Leon Fromkess	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arthur S. Black Jr.	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
McClure Capps	....	associate art director

Sound Department
Fred Lau	....	sound recordist

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jean Louis	....	clothes

Editorial Department
Mitchell Kovaleski	....	associate color director: Technicolor

Music Department
Carmen Dragon	....	musical director
Louis Forbes	....	music supervisor
Kay Thompson	....	music arranger: vocal arrangements

Other crew
Samuel Goldwyn	....	presenter
John Indrisano	....	technical advisor
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor color director
Bernard Pearce	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
• Trinity Productions

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1946) (USA) (theatrical)
• Embassy Home Entertainment (VHS)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (VHS)

Other Companies

• The Goldwyn Girls  group cast members

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #11291) | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Trivia:

Lionel Stander repeats his role from the original version of the film, The Milky Way (1936), starring Harold Lloyd, ten years before.

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Calcium Kid (2004)

Soundtrack:

You're The Cause Of It All

Swell cast !

Probably the best thing about this film-besides the color-was the cast. Danny Kaye gets top billing & he was good--but he had the backing of Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Eve Arden, Walter Able--and more. Virginia Mayo made a couple of films with Kaye & also did a couple with Cochran ( check out "White Heat" ). Vera-Ellen filmed mostly @ MGM--but her last film was "White Cristmas", playing opposite Danny Kaye. Brian Donlevy played the part of the fighter in the stage play--the part that Steve Cochran played in the movie. The Kid From Brooklyn proved to be a very profitable film. Fay Bainter does a small bit & she carries it off extremely well. Eve Arden and her endless wisecracks were a kick.