Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

"The First Picture Ever Done in "Rhythmic Dialogue!""

1933

1h 22m

7.4(9 votes)

Music

Romance

Overview

A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.

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Cast & Crew

27 members

Acting

Al Jolson

Bumper

Acting

Madge Evans

June Marcher

Acting

Frank Morgan

Mayor John Hastings

Acting

Harry Langdon

Egghead

Acting

Chester Conklin

Sunday

Acting

Tyler Brooke

Mayor's Secretary

Acting

Tammany Young

Orlando

Acting

Bert Roach

John

Acting

Edgar Connor

Acorn

No Image

Acting

Dorothea Wolbert

Apple Mary

Acting

Louise Carver

Ma Sunday

Acting

Ernie Adams

Man Thrown out of Apartment Building

Acting

Vince Barnett

Undetermined Secondary Role

Acting

Ted Billings

Bum with Violin

Acting

Heinie Conklin

Undetermined Secondary Role

Acting

Gino Corrado

Undetermined Secondary Role

Acting

John George

Bum (uncredited)

Acting

Harold Goodwin

Len

Writing

Lorenz Hart

Bank Teller

Acting

Robert Homans

Cop

Acting

Burr McIntosh

Dignitary at Laying of Cornerstone

Acting

William H. O'Brien

Waiter (uncredited)

Acting

Victor Potel

The General

Sound

Richard Rodgers

Photograper's Assistant

Acting

Bodil Rosing

Undetermined Secondary Role

Acting

Sidney Skolsky

Undetermined Secondary Role

No Image

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Billy West

Bum

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