It Happened in Flatbush

It Happened in Flatbush

ROMANCE strikes straight across the plate!

NR 1942 · 80 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.

Directed by Ray McCarey · Written by Harold Buchman

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 25m together

It Happened in Flatbush

Goodbye Broadway

Both from Ray McCarey.

More from Ray McCareySee all →

Love in a BungalowLove in a Bungalow · 1937
Love in a Bungalow
★ 10.01937
MovieComedyRomance
A radio contest brings together a woman renting a bungalow, and her squatter. Version of Hi, Beautiful! (1944), both from the story "Be It Ever So Humble," by Eleanore Griffin and William Rankin.
Millions in the AirMillions in the Air · 1935
Millions in the Air
★ 10.01935
MovieComedy
The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio program under an assumed name.
Goodbye BroadwayGoodbye Broadway · 1938
Goodbye Broadway
★ 10.01938
MovieComedy
Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey Hotel, insults Pat and the latter uses the $4000, that he and Molly have been saving for years to buy a retirement farm, to buy the hotel so he can fire Harry. Local skinflint, J.A. Higgins wants the hotel as he knows the state has intentions to buy it for a museum, but Pat won't sell.
Outside These WallsOutside These Walls · 1939
Outside These Walls
★ 8.81939
MovieDramaCrime
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.
Wild PeopleWild People · 1932
Wild People
★ 7.71932
Movie
The Globe Broadcasting Company does a radio broadcast from Dutch New Guinea, with the aborigines as performers.
A Gentleman at HeartA Gentleman at Heart · 1942
A Gentleman at Heart
★ 7.51942
MovieComedy
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director Ray McCarey's 1942 comedy also stars Carole Landis, J. Carrol Naish, Steven Geray, Richard Derr, Rose Hobart, Elisha Cook Jr., Chick Chandler, Francis Pierlot and Jerome Cowan.
Let's Make a MillionLet's Make a Million · 1936
Let's Make a Million
★ 7.51936
MovieComedy
A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.
Scram!Scram! · 1932
Scram!
★ 7.11932
MovieComedy
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
I ScreamI Scream · 1934
I Scream
★ 7.01934
MovieComedy
Gus Shy, an ice cream man, gets embroiled in a vicious gangland feud.
Oh, DoctorOh, Doctor · 1937
Oh, Doctor
★ 7.01937
MovieComedy
A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.
The Pride of PikevilleThe Pride of Pikeville · 1927
The Pride of Pikeville
★ 7.01927
MovieComedy
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
Hot TipHot Tip · 1935
Hot Tip
★ 7.01935
MovieComedy
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
Pack Up Your TroublesPack Up Your Troubles · 1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
★ 6.81932
MovieComedyWar
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.
The Gay IntrudersThe Gay Intruders · 1948
The Gay Intruders
★ 6.71948
MovieComedy
Psychiatrists move in with bickering stage spouses and start bickering too.
Life Begins with LoveLife Begins with Love · 1937
Life Begins with Love
★ 6.71937
MovieComedyDrama
A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a pretty young girl determined to make life better for her charges, and he soon begins to question his own priorities.
In the DoughIn the Dough · 1933
In the Dough
★ 6.51933
MovieComedy
A cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle and chef.

More Like This

Oxford BluesOxford Blues · 1984
Oxford Blues
★ 5.51984
MovieComedyDrama
A young American hustler in Las Vegas spots a rich English Lady. Smitten, he pursues her to England, where his only chance of getting together with her is to enroll in Oxford and join the rowing team.
North Dallas FortyNorth Dallas Forty · 1979
North Dallas Forty
★ 6.71979
MovieComedyDrama
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
CarefreeCarefree · 1938
Carefree
★ 6.71938
MovieMusicComedy
Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.
Party GirlParty Girl · 1995
Party Girl
★ 6.61995
MovieComedyDrama
Although Mary has little income, she still finds ways to spend her nights at clubs. After being arrested for throwing an illegal rave, she asks her aunt Judy for bail money. Judy then finds Mary a job at her library so that Mary can repay her. Initially, Mary finds the job as a clerk boring and stifling, and prefers to get to know a street food vendor whom she likes. However, Mary must refocus her life once she loses her job and apartment.
Bachelor MotherBachelor Mother · 1939
Bachelor Mother
★ 7.21939
MovieComedyRomance
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
Carnal KnowledgeCarnal Knowledge · 1971
Carnal Knowledge
★ 6.61971
MovieDramaRomance
Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
The Longest Penalty Shot in the WorldThe Longest Penalty Shot in the World · 2005
The Longest Penalty Shot in the World
★ 5.42005
MovieComedy
Fernando (Fernando Tejero) is a loser. A gray type, without ambition, that works like bookcases distributor in a supermarket of the quarter. In his free short whiles, he is a substitute keeper of a football team, a third regional one. In all the season he has not played a single minute. But the last Sunday of the league the referee indicates penalty and the regular keeper injures itself. Fernando must occupy the goal for the first time. If penalty scores, the team of the district will proclaim champion. If no, all the effort of a year will not have been worth for anything. When the penalty is just about to be kicked, a group of indignant fans with the referee invades the field and prevents the kick. The competition committee decides that the penalty must play the following Sunday, in the same goal, with same players and the field closed to the public. El Penalti más largo del mundo, (The Longest Penalty Shot in the World) is exactly the history of that week of delay.
The Devil and Miss JonesThe Devil and Miss Jones · 1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
★ 7.61941
MovieComedyRomance
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter