Old Hutch (1936)

Director:

J. Walter Ruben

Writers:

Garret Smith (story), George Kelly (screenplay),

Stars:

Wallace Beery, Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Wallace Beery	...	'Hutch' Hutchins
Eric Linden	...	David 'Dave' Jolly
Cecilia Parker	...	Irene Hutchins
Elizabeth Patterson	...	Mrs. Sarah Hutchins
Robert McWade	...	Mr. Jolly
Caroline Perkins	...	Sally (Credits) / Carrie Hutchins
Julia Perkins	...	Florrie (Credits) / Julie Hutchins
Delmar Watson	...	Allie Hutchins
Harry Watson	...	Freddie Hutchins
James Burke	...	Bank Teller (scenes deleted)
Virginia Grey	...	Ethel, Girl with Dave in Drugstore
Donald Meek	...	Mr. Gunnison
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Dobrin

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

trial | travel agent | idler | poetry | party | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 1936 (USA)

Also Known As:

100.000 dollars fundet

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Honest Hutch (1920)

User Reviews

Finding $100,000 seemed like a big bonanza to Wallace Beery, but he's in for several surprises.

A delightful comedy centering on Wallace Beery finding a small box with 100 $1000 bills. He's a shiftless, lazy father of six and hasn't worked since the day he married Elizabeth Patterson. Because it would be too suspicious to try to change a $1000 bill, he decides to work to accumulate enough money so that he could start spending his new-found fortune. Until then, he buries it under a tree by the lake. The screenplay is cleverly written, with lots of surprises and some romance between his eldest daughter, Cecilia Parker, and the town's rich banker's son, Eric Linden. But it's Beery's film from the start and is a very enjoyable entertainment.

There's a glaring error in the credits: James Burke is credited onscreen in the role of the bank teller, but if you know the character actors of the 30's, you'll recognize that it was James Bush in the role. Because of the similarity of the names, it's more than likely that it was just a typographical error and that Burke was never even considered for the part (he's not right for it). Another problem I noticed was the character names of the Perkin twins, Caroline and Julia. They are credited onscreen as Sally and Florrie, but they are called Carrie and Julie (probably their real life nicknames) in the film.