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A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.
Theatrical
Nov 28, 1936
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Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)
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Cast
Full credits →A
Andy Clyde
Grandpa Hopkins
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Lucile Gleason
Molly 'Ma' Wallace
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Roger Imhof
Ed "Pa" Wallace
B
Ben Alexander
George Wallace
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Ann Doran
Mary Wallace
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Frank Coghlan Jr.
Willie Wallace
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Paula Stone
Edna Wallace
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Jack Randall
Nordingham
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Sam Flint
Franklin Q. Whitney
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Eleanor Stewart
Celeste - the Maid
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Herbert Clifton
Perkins
