Everybody's Hobby (1939)

The first (and last) in an intended series about 'The Hobby Fmily", in which every family member was immersed in a hobby-pursuit of some kind: Here, Tom Leslie must choose between losing ... See full summary »

Director:

William C. McGann

Writers:

Kenneth Gamet (screenplay), William W. Brockway (screenplay),

Stars:

Irene Rich, Henry O'Neill, Jackie Moran

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Irene Rich	...	Mrs. Myra Leslie
Henry O'Neill	...	Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
Jackie Moran	...	Robert Leslie
Aldrich Bowker	...	Uncle Bert Leslie
Jean Sharon	...	Evelyn Leslie
John Ridgely	...	Ranger Mike Morgan
Peggy Stewart	...	Bunny
Jackie Morrow	...	Chuck
Frederic Tozere	...	Mr. Hatfield (as Fredric Tozere)
Alberto Morin	...	Ramón Castello, an alias of Armand Costa (as Albert Morin)
Nat Carr	...	Jim Blake
Sidney Bracey	...	Mr. Ferris (as Sidney Bracy)
Jack Mower	...	Police Captain Ogden
Don Rowan	...	Ranger Murphy

Storyline

The first (and last) in an intended series about 'The Hobby Fmily", in which every family member was immersed in a hobby-pursuit of some kind: Here, Tom Leslie must choose between losing his job or publishing news in a manner he thinks is unfair. His wife, whose hobby is stamp-collecting, diverts his attention from his troubles at the newspaper by stirring up his interest in his own hobby, photography. Tom arranges to take his son, whose hobby is short-wave radio, on a vacation in the mountains at a site near a Civilian Conservation Corps camp and a forest-ranger station. A forest fire breaks out, and each family-member's hobby proves to have value.

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Plot Keywords:

hobby | camp | newspaper | forest fire | forest ranger | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 August 1939 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Begin the Beguine"
(uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Played on a record at the Leslie home
Danced by Alberto Morin and Jean Sharon

User Reviews

Andy Hardy-like comedy has a few points of interest

The concerns of a small-town newspaper editor keeping his job seem fairly trivial, but its geeky concerns seem to peek out from behind its normalcy: The uncle has a stay-at-home obsession with statistics that make him totally uninterested in employment, the daughter's a record freak, and the son's a radio nut. Jean Sharon as the music-loving daughter is an interesting and lovely female. Not a great movie, but OK.