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Uptown New York

1932·US
Director: Victor Schertzinger
RomanceDrama

Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames). But when Pat is nearly killed in an effort to protect her husband's gumball machines from hoodlums and is in need of a lifesaving operation, Eddie calls on Dr. Max

Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames). But when Pat is nearly killed in an effort to protect her husband's gumball machines from hoodlums and is in need of a lifesaving operation, Eddie calls on Dr. Max

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Cast

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

Eddie Doyle

Shirley Grey

Shirley Grey

Patricia Smith

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

George Cooper

George Cooper

Al

Alexander Carr

Alexander Carr

Papa Silver

Raymond Hatton

Raymond Hatton

Slot Machine King

Lee Moran

Lee Moran

Hotel Clerk

Crew

Warren Duff

writer

Norbert Brodine

cinematographer

Viña Delmar

writer

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