A callous Broadway showgirl is adored by a naive nightclub busboy, who gets the chance to prove his love to her when he’s injured., Lucille Ball delivers the finest dramatic performance of her career in this satisfying adaptation of Damon Runyon’s The Big Street. Ball is cast as Gloria, aka “Your Highness,” the vain and thoroughly selfish star attraction of gangster Case Ables’ (Barton MacLaine) New York nightclub. Henry Fonda costars as busboy Little Pinks, who worships Gloria from afar. When Gloria is crippled by a fall downstairs-caused by a blow across the face by the sadistic Ables-Little Pinks selflessly waits upon the invalided and doggedly ungrateful songstress hand and foot. So devoted to Gloria is Pinks that he’s willing to pilot her wheelchair from Manhattan to Florida so that she can renew her romance with callow playboy Decatur Reed (William Orr). Touched by Pinks’ loyalty, his Runyonesque friends-Professor B (Ray Collins), Horsethief (Sam Levene), Mr. and Mrs. Nicely-Nicely Johnson (Eugene Pallette, Agnes Moorehead) and all the rest-raise enough money to open a Florida nightclub so that Gloria can put up a brave front. The ending is at once the most lachrymose and most effectively moving scene in the film, one that can only be spoiled if detailed here. Produced by Damon Runyon himself, The Big Street is one of the few completely successful filmed Runyon adaptations-as well as Lucille Ball’s finest hour (and a half) on-screen., Tragi-comic tearjerker about a surly gangster’s moll who is worshipped from afar by a kitchen porter. Timid Little Pinks has always held a torch for brash Gloria, who returns the feeling after he saves her dog’s life. But their relationship grows even closer after Gloria’s jealous gangster boyfriend attacks her.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Big Street ” ?
A: The main cast includes Henry Fonda,Lucille Ball,Agnes Moorehead,Barton MacLane,Eugène Pallette,Sam Levene,Ray Collins,Marion Martin,William Orr,George Cleveland,Hans Conried,Vera Gordon,Louise Beavers,Millard Mitchell,Juan Varro,John Miljan,Julius Tannen,Charles Cane,Mimi Doyle,Eddie Dunn,Mary Halsey,Bert Hanlon,John Indrisano,Warren Jackson,Donald Kirke,George Magrill,Richard Martin,Tony Merlo,John ‘Skins’ Miller,Frank Moran,Ozzie Nelson,Bob Perry,Ralph Peters,Addison Richards,Dewey Robinson,Pedro de Cordoba,Sammy Stein,Mary Stuart,Elliott Sullivan,Ann Summers,Russell Wade,Marie Windsor,Willaim Hamilton,Chester Hale,Darrell Silvera,Russell Metty,William Hamilton,Vernon Walker,Albert S. D’Agostino,Perc Westmore,Vernon L. Walker,Leonard Spigelgass,Alfred Herman.
Q: When Did the “The Big Street” Released?
A: The Movie “The Big Street” originally aired on 1942-09-04.
Q: In which year the The Big Street released in?
A: The The Big Street is released in 1942.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Big Street” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “The Big Street” ?
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