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Writers:
Sylvia Thalberg (story) and
Frank Butler (story) ...
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Release Date:
18 November 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
In 1925, John becomes President of the prosperous Warren Bank when Maggie retires. Six years later, John... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
The last of the three Dressler/Moran co-starring comedies more (6 total)

Cast

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Marie Dressler ... Maggie Warren
Polly Moran ... Lizzie Praskins

Anita Page ... Helen Praskins Warren
Norman Foster ... John Warren
John Miljan ... Holland
Jackie Lyn Dufton ... Cissy Warren (as Jacquie Lyn)
Jerry Tucker ... Buster Warren
Charles Giblyn ... Mayor
Frank Darien ... Erza Higgins
Henry Armetta ... Henry, a Barber
John Roche ... Knapp, Holland's Cohort
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Baxley ... Man Trading Pot Roast (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley ... Man Whose Pants Need Mending (uncredited)
Edward Brophy ... Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
James Bush ... Bank Teller (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey ... Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
Henry Hall ... Bill, the Man Needing Tires (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint ... Train Conductor (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson ... George, Bank Depositor Demanding Proof (uncredited)
James T. Mack ... The Praskins Butler (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy ... Tony, a Barber (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ... Conductor Trying to Open the Door (uncredited)
Herbert Prior ... George, the Dentist (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford ... Irate Motorist (uncredited)
Nick Stewart ... Train Porter (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale ... Man Whose Shoes Need Fixing (uncredited)
Gertrude Sutton ... Miss Terwilliger, the Pianist (uncredited)
Walter Walker ... Portrait of Warren, Maggie's Husband (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sam Wood (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Sylvia Thalberg (story) and
Frank Butler (story)

Zelda Sears (screenplay) and
Eve Greene (screenplay)

Frances Goodrich (contributing writer) uncredited and
Ralph Spence (contributing writer) uncredited

Produced by
Sam Wood .... producer
 
Original Music by
William Axt (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Leonard Smith 
 
Film Editing by
William LeVanway 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
Fred Morgan .... sound (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Willard Mack .... continuity (uncredited)
Zelda Sears .... continuity (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Quotes:
Lizzie Praskins: One more word from you and I'll forget I'm a lady.
[lifts plate to throw at Maggie]
Maggie Warren: Why not? Everybody else has.
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
The last of the three Dressler/Moran co-starring comedies, 2 May 2005
8/10
Author: (aandersen@landmark.edu) from Putney, VT

This is as much serious drama - of the Frank Capra variety - as comedy. Dressler gives another fine performance as a retired bank president during the depression. There's swindlers aplenty and an amazingly inept son, who manages to make all the wrong decisions with his mother's nest egg bonds, originally intended to be security for the bank's clients should any run occur. The plot devices to create pathos and dramatic tension don't always hold up, but like the trouper she was Dressler invests every moment in realistic, naturalistic acting. She was a real professional, who imbued every vehicle with inherent belief in her subject matter and subsequently, always carried that vehicle with aplomb.

See this one for great fun and some good drama.

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