Overview
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.
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Setting
Set in Kentucky
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Music
Music by Roy Webb
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Edward Cronjager
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Bert KalmarScreenplay, Story
- Harry RubyScreenplay, Story
- Fred GuiolScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 2, 1934
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Bert WheelerWillie Doyle
Robert WoolseyElmer Dugan
Mary CarlisleGloria Wakefield
George McFarlandSpanky Milford
Noah BeeryColonel Wakefield
Lucille La VerneAunt Hannah Milford
Willie BestBuckshot (as Sleep 'n' Eat)
Margaret DumontMrs. Baxter
Louis MasonJudge Ezra Milford
Paul PageJerry Bronson
Frank McGlynn Jr.Jeff Wakefield
Richard AlexanderHank Wakefield
William PawleyJohn Wakefield
Harry BernardDestitute Man (uncredited)
Edgar DearingPoliceman (uncredited)
Dorothy GrangerEthel, Baxter's Secretary (uncredited)- Roger GrayThe Moonshiner (uncredited)
- Harrison GreeneAloysius T. Guilfoyle, Lawyer (uncredited)
Charlie HallCigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
Otto HoffmanHenry, Banesville Station Agent (uncredited)
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