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Gift of Gab is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Karl Freund released in USA on 1 september 1934 with Edmund Lowe
Gift of Gab (1934)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 september 1934
Length 1h10
Directed by Karl Freund
OriginUSA
Themes Musical films
Rating49%
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.
Ruth Etting sings "Talking to Myself" and "Tomorrow, Who Cares?". Originally the Three Stooges were signed to appear in the film. However, the Stooges had just signed with Columbia Pictures for Woman Haters, the first of their short subjects, so three look-alike actors replaced them for Gift of Gab.
Actors
Edmund Lowe
(Phillip "Gift of Gab" Gabney)
Gloria Stuart
(Barbara Kelton)
Ruth Etting
(Ruth)
Ethel Waters
(Herself)
Alice White
(Margot)
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