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The Go-Getter (1937) [NR]

Featuring:
George Brent, Anita Louise, Charles Winninger

Written by:
Peter B. Kyne
Delmer Daves

Directed by:
Busby Berkeley


Release Date:
May 22, 1937

Original Title:
The Go-Getter

Alternate Titles:
Il nemico dell'impossibile
Le rescapé
Querer es poder
Querer é Poder

Genres:
Comedy | Romance

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 92

He Has What It Takes to Get What He Wants

Overview from TheMovieDB

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

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Overview from Open Movies

Billy Austin served on the crew of the USN airship Macon until it crashed at sea during a storm. In the hospital, the captain has given him a watch with the motto of the crew 'It Shall Be Done' inscribed on it. He was discharged from the Navy after losing one leg to the crash and now needs a job. As he knows lumber, he applies at the Rick's Lumbering Co. and persists by seeing both vice presidents and then Mr. Ricks. The President does hire him and his job is to sell the wood no one wants to buy. Austin thrives and becomes the star salesman of the company. He has also met the daughter of the President and intends to marry.

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Rankings and Honors

The Go-Getter (1937) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.4/10

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Hugh Reticker

Assistant Director:
Russell Saunders

Associate Producer:
Samuel Bischoff

Costume Design:
Orry-Kelly

Dialogue Coach:
Irving Rapper

Director:
Busby Berkeley

Director of Photography:
Arthur Edeson

Editor:
William Holmes

Executive Producer:
Jack L. Warner

Music:
Bernhard Kaun

Music Director:
Leo F. Forbstein

Producer:
Hal B. Wallis

Screenplay:
Delmer Daves

Story:
Peter B. Kyne

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