- Country: USA
- Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1937-07-30
- Director: Rowland V. Lee
- Writers: Dudley Nichols , John Twist , Joel Sayre , Bouck White
- Language: English
- Stars: Edward Arnold (I) (1890–1956) , Cary Grant , Frances Farmer , Jack Oakie , Donald Meek (1878–1946) , Thelma Leeds , Clarence Kolb , Billy Gilbert , George Irving , Russell Hicks
- Runtime: 109 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Sunetul banilor (Romania) , The Toast of New York (United States of America) , L'or et la chair (France, French Republic) , The Robber Barons (United States of America) , Geldrausch (Austria) , The Toast of New York (United Kingdom) , Alla conquista dei dollari (Italy) , 富豪一代 (Japan) , Corner i gull (Norway) , Любимец Нью-Йорка , El ídolo de Nueva York (Argentina) , El ídolo de Nueva York (Spain) , De fyra äventyrarna (Sweden) , Ídolo de Nova York (Brazil) , Três Aventureiros (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Toast of New York , New Yorkin valtias (Finland) , L'or et la femme (France, French Republic) , Potęga złota (Poland)
- Plot: The story starts just before the Civil War, showing Fisk, Boyd, and Luke conning Southern townsfolk into buying bars of soap that, might, have a $10 gold piece inside. Found out, they're chased out of town and escape across the Mason-Dixon Line just as the war starts. Fisk hatches a plan for him and Boyd to return to the South and buy cotton then smuggle it to the North where Luke is to sell it to the Northern textile mills. By the end of the war they have made millions, only to find out that Luke had been re-investing their money into Confederate Bonds. This fact-based movie shows Jim Fisk as one of the greatest con-men and entrepreneurs in history. It concludes with his involvement in "Black Friday", the Financial Panic of 1869, with fellow financier Jay Gould (who's not represented in the movie) and their attempt to corner the U.S. gold market. There's a love triangle between Fisk, Boyd and Mansfield, which is also based on historical accounts.
- IMDB:tt0029675
The Toast of New York Cast · · · ALL
Rowland V. Lee
Director
Edward Arnold
(I)
(1890–1956)
Jim Fisk
Cary Grant
Nick Boyd
Frances Farmer
Josie Mansfield
Jack Oakie
Luke
Donald Meek
(1878–1946)
Daniel Drew
Thelma Leeds
Fleurique
Clarence Kolb
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Billy Gilbert
Photographer
George Irving
Broker
Russell Hicks
Lawyer
Dudley Clements
Collins
Lionel Belmore
President of Board
Robert McClung
Bellhop
Robert Dudley
Janitor
Dewey Robinson
Beef Dooley
Stanley Fields
(I)
(1883–1941)
Top Sergeant
Oscar Apfel
Wallack (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Mary Lou (uncredited)
James Finlayson
Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon
Southern Major (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Drilling Soldier (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Man at Opera (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
(I)
(1898–1990)
Reporter (uncredited)
George Cleveland
Perkins - Luke's Secretary in Boston (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)