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''Rhubarb'' is a 1951 film adapted from the 1946 novel ''Rhubarb'' by humorist H. Allen Smith. Directed by Arthur Lubin, the screwball noir comedy stars the cat Orangey along with Jan Sterling and Ray Milland. Cinematography was by Lionel Lindon. Fourteen different cats portrayed Rhubarb at different points in the film. Each cat was trained to do a different trick. Three of the most identical cats appeared in the courtroom scene where Polly Sickles has to choose which one is the real Rhubarb.〔http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88160/Rhubarb/trivia.html〕 ==Plot== Thaddeus J. Banner (Gene Lockhart), a lonely, eccentric millionaire who owns a baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons, takes a liking to a dog-chasing stray cat (played by Orangey), and takes him into his home. He names the cat "Rhubarb," which is baseball slang for an on-field argument or fight. When the man dies, it is discovered that his last will and testament made Rhubarb his sole beneficiary; hence the cat inherits the baseball team. Team publicist Eric Yeager (Ray Milland) is named the cat's guardian. His fiancee Polly Sickles (Jan Sterling), daughter of the team's manager (William Frawley), is terribly allergic to Rhubarb, causing many problems. Banner's unhappy daughter Myra (Elsie Holmes) files a lawsuit, contesting the will. And when the team's players discover they are owned by a cat, they stage a protest until Yeager persuades them that Rhubarb brings them luck. Brooklyn begins winning and will play the powerful New York team for the championship. But a bookie who stands to lose big if Brooklyn wins decides to kidnap the cat. Brooklyn's fortunes turn for the worse while the search for Rhubarb goes on, until the cat finally escapes from his captors and races to the ballpark to save the day. ==Cast== * Orangey as Rhubarb * Ray Milland as Eric Yeager * Jan Sterling as Polly Sickles * William Frawley as Len Sickles * Gene Lockhart as T.J. Banner * Elsie Holmes as Myra Banner * Taylor Holmes as P. Duncan Munk * Willard Waterman as Orlando Dill * Henry Slate as Dud Logan * James Griffith as Ogelthorpe 'Oggie' Meadows * Jim Hayward as Doom * Donald MacBride as Pheeny * Hal K. Dawson as Mr. Fisher 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rhubarb (1951 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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