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It Happened in Flatbush

  • 19421942
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
332
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Carole Landis and Lloyd Nolan in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
ComedyRomanceSport
A washed up baseball player (Lloyd Nolan) returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but ends up clashing with the beautiful new owner (Carole Landis)A washed up baseball player (Lloyd Nolan) returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but ends up clashing with the beautiful new owner (Carole Landis)A washed up baseball player (Lloyd Nolan) returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but ends up clashing with the beautiful new owner (Carole Landis)
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
332
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ray McCarey
  • Writers
    • Harold Buchman(original screenplay)
    • Lee Loeb(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lloyd Nolan
    • Carole Landis
    • Sara Allgood
  • Director
    • Ray McCarey
  • Writers
    • Harold Buchman(original screenplay)
    • Lee Loeb(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lloyd Nolan
    • Carole Landis
    • Sara Allgood
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Carole Landis and Lloyd Nolan in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
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    Carole Landis in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
    James Burke, Carole Landis, and Lloyd Nolan in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
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    Scotty Beckett in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
    Scotty Beckett, Carole Landis, and Lloyd Nolan in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
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    Carole Landis in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
    Carole Landis and Lloyd Nolan in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
    Carole Landis in It Happened in Flatbush (1942)

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    Lloyd Nolan
    Lloyd Nolan
    • Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire
    Carole Landis
    Carole Landis
    • Kathryn Baker
    Sara Allgood
    Sara Allgood
    • Mrs. 'Mac' McAvoy
    William Frawley
    William Frawley
    • Sam Sloan
    Robert Armstrong
    Robert Armstrong
    • Danny Mitchell
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    • Mrs. Maguire
    George Holmes
    George Holmes
    • Roy Collins aka Roy Anderson
    Scotty Beckett
    Scotty Beckett
    • Squint
    Joseph Allen
    • Walter Rogers
    • (as Joe Allen Jr.)
    James Burke
    James Burke
    • Umpire Shaunnessy
    Roger Imhof
    Roger Imhof
    • Mr. Maguire
    Matt McHugh
    Matt McHugh
    • O'Doul
    LeRoy Mason
    LeRoy Mason
    • J.C. Scott - Catcher
    Pat Flaherty
    Pat Flaherty
    • Pat O'Hara - Pitcher
    Dale Van Sickel
    Dale Van Sickel
    • Stevenson - First Baseman
    John Burger
    • Jim Harding - Outfielder
    Jed Prouty
    Jed Prouty
    • The Judge
    Robert Homans
    Robert Homans
    • Mr. Collins
    • Director
      • Ray McCarey
    • Writers
      • Harold Buchman(original screenplay)
      • Lee Loeb(original screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Technical advisor Johnny Butler was a veteran of twenty-three seasons of major league baseball, including two season as shortstop for the Dodgers. According to studio publicity, at the time of the film's production, he was working as a studio policeman.
    • Goofs
      In the final baseball sequence, Brooklyn is beating St. Louis 2-1. There are 2 outs and bases loaded and the relief pitcher runs the count to 3-2. The announcer twice indicates that the next pitch will decided the pennant and even says "If it's a strike, it's Brooklyn. If it's a ball, it's St. Louis." Not true. A ball would walk in a run TYING the game, not giving the game to St. Louis. A baseball announcer would surely know that.
    • Quotes

      Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire: Now get this straight, Sam - I'm not stupid, I know what I've been tagged around here. The only one who wanted me was the old lady, but dead or alive, that's who my contract is with, you understand?

      Sam Sloan: Okay, okay. But we still need ballplayers. Now, what are gonna use instead of money?

      Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire: What about the new owners?

      Sam Sloan: Relatives. The majority of the stock goes to a niece, Kathryn Baker.

      Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire: What's she like?

      Sam Sloan: Filthy rich!

      Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire: Does she know anything about the game?

      Sam Sloan: Since when do we play baseball on horseback? She's strictly social.

      Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire: Alright, forget it then. Let me do the worrying about her. Look, call a meeting of those relatives for tomorrow morning. We gotta get the ball started rolling fast. And in the meantime, what about those scouts of ours? What have they been doing? Tell them to get out, get on the job. Dig me up a Ruth or a Gehrig.

      Sam Sloan: Is that all you want?

    • Connections
      Referenced in You Must Remember This: Carole Landis (Dead Blondes Part 5) (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Take Me Out to the Ball Game
      (uncredited)
      Music by Albert von Tilzer
      Played during the opening credits and occasionally throughout the picture

    User reviews14

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    8/10
    The actual Brooklyn Dodgers played ball for Fox cameramen in this movie
    Following their first National League Pennant win since 1920, The Brooklyn Dodgers team players, though losing the 1941 World Series, went to Hollywood to appear as themselves in this film's field and locker room scenes. Though uncredited on screen, they included Mickey Owen, Dolf Camilli, Billy Herman, Pewee Reese, Arky Vaughan, Dixie Walker, Cookie Lavagetto, Peter Reiser, and pitchers Hugh Casey, Whitlow Wyatt, and Freddie Fitzimmons. However, Lloyd Nolan played the team manager instead of Leo Durocher and Red Barber's substitute was KMPC radio Broadcaster Hal Berger whose 1941 in-studio game recreations fostered the birth of L.A.'s Dodger fan clubs.
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    • summamaxima
    • Sep 19, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 28, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dem Lovely Bums
    • Filming locations
      • Ebbets Field - 55 Sullivan Place, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(establishing shots)
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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