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Havana Widows is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 18, 1933. Two chorus girls travel to Havana in search of rich husbands. Their target is Deacon Jones, a self-appointed moralist who can't drink without getting drunk.
The film is the first of a series of five movies by Warner Bros. where Blondell and Farrell were paired as blonde bombshell comedy team, throughout the early 1930s. The other films in the series include Kansas City Princess (1934), Traveling Saleslady (1935), We're in the Money (1935) and Miss Pacific Fleet (1935). Four of the five films were directed by Ray Enright. Farrell and Blondell also co-starred in other Warner Bros. movies: Three on a Match (1932), I've Got Your Number (1934) and Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936).
Original Release
11/18/1933
US Release
11/18/1933
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Blondell | Mae Knight |
Glenda Farrell | Sadie Appleby |
Guy Kibbee | Deacon R. Jones |
Allen Jenkins | Herman Brody |
Lyle Talbot | Bob Jones |
Frank McHugh | Duffy / Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer |
Ruth Donnelly | Emily Jones / Mrs. Emily Jones |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Mr. Otis / Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance |
Ralph Ince | G.W. 'Butch' O'Neill |
Maude Eburne | Mrs. Ryan--Landlady / Mrs. Ryan, the Landlady |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Blondell | Mae Knight |
Glenda Farrell | Sadie Appleby |
Guy Kibbee | Deacon R. Jones |
Allen Jenkins | Herman Brody |
Lyle Talbot | Bob Jones |
Frank McHugh | Duffy / Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer |
Ruth Donnelly | Emily Jones / Mrs. Emily Jones |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Mr. Otis / Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance |
Ralph Ince | G.W. 'Butch' O'Neill |
Maude Eburne | Mrs. Ryan--Landlady / Mrs. Ryan, the Landlady |
George Cooper | Paymaster Mullins |
Charles C. Wilson | Mr. Timberg |
Luis Alberni | Second Taxi Driver |
Joseph Crehan | Ship Captain |
Mildred Dixon | Nightclub Dancer |
Noel Francis | Gladys Gable |
Edward Keane | El Havana Hotel Desk Clerk |
John Kelly | Tully--Turkish Bath Attendant |
James Murray | Bank Teller |
J. Carrol Naish | First Taxi Driver |