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After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 59
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −40 min on the typical 100
typical 10060Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1934
October 6, 1934
92 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 12 more16 people
- Aline MacMahonElizabeth Kalness
- Guy KibbeeHerbert Kalness
- Patricia EllisAlice Kalness
- Helen LowellMartha
- Phillip ReedAndrew Goodrich
- Robert BarratJim
- Henry O'NeillGoodrich Sr.
- Marjorie GatesonAmy Godrich
Nella WalkerMrs. Goodrich
Junior DurkinJunior Kainess- JWJay WardRobert Kainess
Claudia ColemanMrs. Havens
George ChandlerMurphy (uncredited)
Joseph CrehanIRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
Gay SeabrookMiss Plunket - Herberts Secretary (uncredited)
Hale HamiltonMr. Havens
Directing · 1
- William Keighley Director
Writing · 4
- Ben Markson Screenplay
- Lillie Hayward Screenplay
- Sophie Kerr Theatre Play, Story
- Anna Steese Richardson Theatre Play
Camera · 1
- Arthur L. Todd Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Jack Killifer Editor
Sound · 2
- M. K. Jerome Original Music Composer
- Leo F. Forbstein Conductor
Art · 1
- Robert M. Haas Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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