Oscar "Odds" Owen
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Don't Bet on Blondes is a 1935 American romantic comedy film. Plot. When top Broadway bookmaker Odds Owen loses $50,000 on a horse owned by Everett Markham, he investigates and finds out that the horse was doped. Owen visits Everett and lets him know that Everett will be selling his horses and paying back the $50,000.
Bookie Odds Owen loses a bet to lawyer T. Everett Markham when Markham dopes his race horse. Disgusted by the dishonesty surrounding gambling, Odds decides to get out of the field and open an insurance business.
Overview. Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage. Isabel Dawn. Screenplay, Story. Boyce DeGaw. Screenplay, Story. Robert Florey. Director.
Warner Brothers Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) features solid work by Warren William as bookmaker turned freak insurance man, Claire Dodd cast against type as his love interest and Guy Kibbee giving the strongest performance of the bunch as Dodd's father, who takes out a policy against his daughter's marriage.
Don’t Bet on Blondes. 1935. Directed by Robert Florey. HE’D BET ON ANYTHING! Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
William Gargan Cast. Isabel Dawn Screenplay. Boyce DeGaw Screenplay. William Rees Cinematography. Critics reviews. An insurance agent falls for a client’s daughter after writing a policy guaranteeing her single status.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. High-rolling gambler "Odds" Owen (Warren William) establishes an American insurance agency created along the lines of Lloyd's of London.
