Compagnons d'infortune (1938) Online
A washed up, alcoholic Vet and a dreamer stable boy help nurse a sick race horse back to health.
Complete credited cast: | |||
Wallace Beery | - | Doc Thomas 'Tom' Terry | |
Mickey Rooney | - | Michael 'Mickey' | |
Arthur Hohl | - | Mr. Gale | |
Margaret Hamilton | - | Beulah Flanders | |
Minor Watson | - | Barney Donovan | |
Marjorie Gateson | - | Mrs. Shepherd | |
Oscar O'Shea | - | Pete Whalen | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Pat West | - | First Railbird (scenes deleted) |
The big race was actually the entire 1938 $50,000 Hollywood Gold Cup race won by Seabiscuit.
Margaret Hamilton and "Terry" also share the screen in"The Wizard of Oz" as the Wicked Witch and Toto-respectively
This film received its initial telecast in Los Angeles Wednesday 3 April 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), followed by Chicago 4 May 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), by Philadelphia 5 May 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), by New Haven CT 14 May 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), by Altoona PA 24 May 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), and by Cincinnati 7 June 1957 on WXIX (Channel 19) (Newport KY); it first aired in New Haven CT 28 October 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Seattle 6 November 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Portland OR 19 November 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Spokane 21 November 1957 on KHQ (Channel 6), in Baltimore 7 December 1957 on WJZ (Channel 13), in Honolulu 15 December 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), and in Phoenix 29 December 1957 on KPHO (Channel 5); it was first telecast in San Francisco 7 November 1958 on KGO (Channel 7); its earliest documented airing in New York City took place 9 May 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 31, 1941 with Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery reprising their film roles.
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