When's Your Birthday?

When's Your Birthday? is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Joe E. Brown.^[1] While original prints of this film had a cartoon sequence in Technicolor directed by Bob Clampett and Leon Schlesinger, most surviving prints (including the Internet Archive) have the sequence in black-and-white.^[2] The film's copyright was not renewed, and it is in the public domain.

When's Your Birthday?
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Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Harvey Gates Malcolm Stuart Boylan Samuel M. Pyke
Screenplay by	Harry Clork H.W. Hanemann Richard Macaulay
Based on	A play by John Frederick Ballard
Produced by	Robert Harris David L. Loew
Starring	Joe E. Brown Marian Marsh
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Music by	Sam Wineland John Leipold Marlin Skiles
Production company	David L. Loew Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	February 19, 1937 (1937-02-19)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Spanish

Plot

The animated opening sequence directed by Bob Clampett

Dustin Willoughby is a prizefighter and believer in astrology who only wins when the stars are in alignment.

Cast

• Joe E. Brown as Dustin Willoughby
• Marian Marsh as Jerry Grant
• Fred Keating as Larry Burke
• Edgar Kennedy as Mr. Henry Basscombe
• Maude Eburne as Mrs. Fanny Basscombe
• Suzanne Kaaren as Diane Basscombe
• Margaret Hamilton as Mossy - the Maid
• Minor Watson as James J. Regan
• Frank Jenks as Lefty - Regan's Henchman
• Don Rowan - Steve as Regan's Henchman
• Granville Bates as Judge O'Day
• Charles Judels as Acropolis, the Headwaiter
• Corky as Zodiac, the Dog
• Bobby Barber as Waiter Who Drops Flower Pot (uncredited)
• Ward Bond as Police Detective (uncredited)
• Kit Guard as Ringside Cornerman (uncredited)
• Tom Kennedy as Fight Manager (uncredited)
• Bull Montana as (The) Salvador Slayer (uncredited)

Soundtrack

• "Toreador Song" from Carmen by Georges Bizet
• William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini
• Happy Birthday to You by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Hill
• Ruth Robin with Manny Harmon and His Orchestra – I Love You from Coast to Coast, music and lyrics by Albert Stillman, Alex Hyde and Basil Adlam
• Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves) by Juventino Rosas
• Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
• When the Moon Comes over the Mountain, music and lyrics by Kate Smith, Howard Johnson and Harry M. Woods