The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)

Director:

Kurt Neumann

Writers:

Clarence Marks (writer)
Earle Snell (writer)

Release Date:

31 December 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Brooklyn | Taxicab | Place Name In Title | Beautiful Woman | Character Name In Title

Cast

William Bendix	...	Timothy 'Tim' McGuerin
Grace Bradley	...	Sadie McGuerin
Arline Judge	...	Marcia Marsden
Max Baer	...	Professor Samson
Marjorie Woodworth	...	Lucy Gibbs
Joe Sawyer	...	Eddie Corbett (as Joseph Sawyer)
Marion Martin	...	Myrtle, Marcia's friend
Rex Evans	...	Sterling, McGuerin's Butler
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Cop
Pat Flaherty	...	Pat, gym attendant
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Alan, gym attendant

Also Known As:

Two Mugs from Brooklyn (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Uplifters Club, Santa Monica, California, USA

Company:

Hal Roach Studios

Movie Connections:

Edited into Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949)

one of the Taxi trilogy shorts from the 1940s

Short but clever story, moves right along, since it's so short. Some suggestive naughty jokes in this one too that weren't in the first one (Brooklyn Orchid). The same two dudes, Marks and Snell,wrote all three parts of the "Taxi" trilogy. "Taxi Mister" would be number three. Also some great cameos, like Pat Flaherty, Alan Hale Jr, (Skipper from Gilligan's Island, would have been just 20 then!). Appearance by Max Baer, the boxer from the 1930s and 1940s, whose son, Max Baer Jr, would play Jethro in the "Beverly Hillbillies". Frank Hagney, the hotel doorman, had been making films since 1919, doing stunts and mostly minor or un-credited later parts. Tyler Brooke, the desk clerk, had also been in the biz since 1915. Brooke had played Cortland van Bibber in a silent comedy series in the late 1920s. Nothing new or groundbreaking in the "McGuerins from Brooklyn", but fun to watch.