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'Broadminded' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joe E. Brown.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/4965?sid The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:'Broadminded'] Retrieved July 10, 2018

Plot



Brown plays Ossie, a New York City playboy sent to California to straighten himself out. He and his cousin, while driving west, pay too much attention to a sedan full of college girls and rear end a car driven by Pancho Arango (Bela Lugosi). The cousins make it to Hollywood where Ossie falls in love with Pancho's daughter.

Cast



*Joe E. Brown - Ossie Simpson

*Ona Munson - Constance Palmer

*William Collier Jr. - Jack Hackett

*Marjorie White - Penny Packer

*Holmes Herbert - John J. Hackett Sr.

*Margaret Livingston - Mabel Robinson

*Thelma Todd - Gertie Gardner

*Bela Lugosi - Pancho Arango

Production



Filming took place in March 1931.Lennig, Arthur. 'The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi'. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved January 4, 2016 The movie was made a few months after Lugosi's hit 'Dracula' was released.

Preservation status



*A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', (<-book title) p.22 c.1978 by The American Film Institute..Retrieved July 10, 2018

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