Gift of Gab (film)

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Gift of Gab
Directed by	Karl Freund
Produced by	Rian James Carl Laemmle Jr.
Written by	Lou Breslow Philip G. Epstein Rian James Jerry Wald
Starring	Edmund Lowe Gloria Stuart
Cinematography	George Robinson Harold Wenstrom
Editing by	Ray Curtiss
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	1 September 1934
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Gift of Gab (1934) is a 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-a-like actors replaced them for Gift of Gab.

It was long thought to be a lost film, with no copies in existence, but a copy was found recently. The film is scheduled for screening at the non-profit Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention film festival in September 2008. The motion picture will be introduced by film historian Gregory William Mank.