Life with Henry (1941)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Theodore Reed

Writers:

Clifford Goldsmith (writer)
Don Hartman (writer)

Release Date:

24 January 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

OH! HENRY! He's in a gem of a jam with filmdom's funniest and favorite family!

Plot:

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

Plot Keywords:

Henry Aldrich | Sequel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jackie Cooper	...	Henry Aldrich
Leila Ernst	...	Kathleen Anderson
Eddie Bracken	...	Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
Fred Niblo	...	Mr. Aldrich
Hedda Hopper	...	Mrs. Aldrich
Kay Stewart	...	Mary Aldrich
Moroni Olsen	...	Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
Rod Cameron	...	Bill Van Dusen
Pierre Watkin	...	Mr. Anderson
Lucien Littlefield	...	Mr. Stevens
Frank M. Thomas	...	Joe Nye
Etta McDaniel	...	Kleopatra 'Kleo' Johnson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edith Evanson	...	Anne
Doris Lloyd	...	Mrs. Anderson

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)

I have watched this a number of times, with the same result..

This is by far one of the stupidest, most ridiculous renditions of "Henry Aldrich." I have watched it quite a few times, trying to find something redeeming about it, but to no avail.

Henry could go on a trip with some other boys to Alaska, if he earned $100. Henry decides to market soap with Basil, his best buddy. It was a venture they messed up, and turned the town against them. Needless to say, Henry goes to the big city, to explain to the philanthropist backing the trip, why he wants to go to Alaska, and turn in the money (he did not get the full $100).

Cooper was a horrible actor in here, as was Bracken. They were unbelievable, and plain stupid. While Cooper was fun in Our Gang, he lacks comedic talent in here. Bracken's best moment, but then it got tedious was after dinner, when he started doing impressions, and it went on, and on, and on, and on. Very boring. This was a terrible casting of young people - perhaps the actors reversed could have been better, but this was one of the worst movies I have seen from the 1940's.