Gift of Gab (film)

1934 film

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Gift of Gab

Directed by| Karl Freund
Written by| Lou Breslow
Philip G. Epstein
Rian James
Jerry Wald
Produced by| Rian James
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Starring| Edmund Lowe
Gloria Stuart
Cinematography| George Robinson
Harold Wenstrom
Edited by| Ray Curtiss
Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* September 1, 1934 (1934-09-01)

Running time

| 70 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Gift of Gab is a 1934 black-and-white film released by Universal Pictures. Edmund Lowe stars as a man with the "Gift of Gab"--he can sell anyone anything. The film costars Ruth Etting, Ethel Waters, Victor Moore, and Gloria Stuart, and features Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. The film's sets were designed by the art director David Garber.

Ruth Etting sings "Talking to Myself" and "Tomorrow, Who Cares?" Originally the Three Stooges were signed to appear in the film, but they had just signed with Columbia Pictures for Woman Haters, the first of their short subjects, so three look-alike actors replaced them in Gift of Gab.

## Cast

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* Edmund Lowe – Phillip "Gift of Gab" Gabney
* Gloria Stuart – Barbara Kelton
* Ruth Etting – Ruth
* Phil Baker – absent-minded doctor
* Ethel Waters – Ethel
* Alice White – Margot
* Alexander Woollcott – cameo appearance
* Victor Moore – Colonel Trivers
* Hugh O'Connell – Patsy
* Helen Vinson – nurse
* Gene Austin – radio artist
* Tom Hanlon – radio announcer
* Henry Armetta – janitor
* Andy Devine – McDougal, the waiter
* Wini Shaw – cabaret singer
* Boris Karloff – cameo appearance
* Béla Lugosi – cameo appearance
* Roger Pryor as himself

## See also

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* List of American films of 1934
* Boris Karloff filmography
* Béla Lugosi filmography

## External links

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Films directed by Karl Freund

* The Sensational Trial (1923)
* The Mummy (1932)
* Moonlight and Pretzels (1933)
* Madame Spy (1934)
* The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934)
* Uncertain Lady (1934)
* I Give My Love (1934)
* Gift of Gab (1934)
* Mad Love (1935)

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