Gift of Gab (film)

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.

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

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

• 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
• Sterling Holloway - Sound Effects Man
• Andy Devine – McDougal, the waiter
• Wini Shaw – cabaret singer
• Boris Karloff – cameo appearance
• Béla Lugosi – cameo appearance
• Roger Pryor as himself

See also

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

External links

• Gift of Gab at IMDb
• Gift of Gab at the TCM Movie Database