Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)Oliver Boggs, a typical office drone, with no success in sight, who can spout statistics about anything and everything... See full summary » Director:Gordon Wiles |
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Oliver Boggs
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Helen Chandler | ... |
Oleander Tubbs
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Toby Wing | ... |
Irene Lee
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Tully Marshall | ... |
Morton Ross
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Spencer Charters | ... |
Angus Tubbs
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Walter Byron | ... |
Dennis Andrews
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Harry Tyler | ... |
Sam Mason
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Milburn Stone | ... |
Burns
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Otis Harlan | ... |
Abner Katz
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Otto Hoffman | ... |
Jenkins
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Peter Potter | ... |
Bob DeBrette
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Nora Cecil | ... |
Widow Peddia
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Elliot Fisher | ... |
Tommy Mason
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Eddie Kane | ... |
Theatre Manager
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Harrison Greene | ... |
Mr. Pry
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Oliver Boggs, a typical office drone, with no success in sight, who can spout statistics about anything and everything, wins $1500 in a bean-guessing contest at the movie theatre, quits his job and sets forth for the seedy, down-at-the-heels town of Peckham Falls. There he buys a barrel factory and falls in love with Irene Lee, the snobbish niece of crusty old Morton Ross, the town's only rich man and owner of the closed canneries. Oleander Tubbs and her inventor father Angus, who sold Oliver the factory, tell him it has no future but he disagrees and says he will have everything booming again. Oleander thinks he is daffy but she and her father agree to help him. Angus invents a collapsible barrel and Oliver, seeing fame and fortune just ahead, spends all of his money just keeping the factory going. Oliver persuades old man Ross to re-open the canneries and to use the ground-breaking barrels and things appear to be going okay... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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Although his studio was sinking into oblivion by it's release date, studio boss Edward L. Alperson (see bio for details) gave this film an elaborate promotional build-up (at least by Grand National's standards), betting on the renown of author Clarence Budington Kelland, whose Mr. Deeds Goes to Town became a major hit for Columbia. It didn't work and within a year Grand National was gone. See more »
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