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Overview
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Frances Hyland (screenplay)
Frances Hyland (original story) ...
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Release Date:
15 July 1945 (USA) more
Tagline:
FUN For The Whole Family...Come On Down And Meet MR. M...He'll Keep You In Belly Laughs For Months! more
Plot:
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan. full summary | add synopsis
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a great holiday movie more (17 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Joseph Schildkraut | ... | Anthony Marchand aka Mr. M. |
 | Billie Burke | ... | Mrs. James C. Pidgeon |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | James C. Pidgeon |
| Ona Munson | ... | Florie Watson |
| Raymond Walburn | ... | William 'Willie' Crawford |
| Ann Gillis | ... | Angela Pidgeon |
| Ruth Terry | ... | Therese Pidgeon |
| Robert Livingston | ... | Stephen Bates |
| David Holt | ... | Reggie Pidgeon |
| Robert Greig | ... | MacFarland |
| St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers | ... | Choir (as St. Luke's Choristers) |
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Also Known As:
The Castaways (USA) (reissue title)
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USA:60 min (1949 re-release) | USA:87 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G
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Anthony Marchand aka Mr. M.: Gratitude in most men is usually a secret desire to receive greater benefits. more
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This movie was on every Christmas Eve in Chicago and my family never missed it! I am so disappointed that it is never shown anymore. It had a great cast - Billie Burke as the hopelessly scatterbrained mother, Eugene Palette as the hen pecked father, a really funny, useless, sponger brother in law and 3 spoiled kids. A terrific story - this group has gone through their own substantial fortune and are now trying to chisel their way into an inheritance. I guess it is because it wasn't from a major studio that it was not preserved, but it should have been. Luckily, I was able to buy a copy on VHS a few years ago from Movies Unlimited,but I noticed today that they no longer carry. A shame!