There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

The advertising slogans of Jimmy Hanagan and the lab reports reveal that the patented prepared pudding invented by Lemuel P. Twine has a treasure of Vitamin Z and is full of Zumph. Lemuel's... See full summary »

Director:

Harold Young

Writers:

Robert B. Hunt (screenplay), Robert B. Hunt (story),

Stars:

Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Tom Brown

Cast

Credited cast:
Hugh Herbert	...	Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
Peggy Moran	...	Helen Barbara Twine
Tom Brown	...	Jimmy Hanagan
Guy Kibbee	...	Lester Cadwalader, Sr.
Catherine Doucet	...	Minerva Twine
Edgar Kennedy	...	Mayor Moe Carson
Gus Schilling	...	Professor Asa Quisenberry
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Gloria Twine
Charles Halton	...	Trumbull
Renie Riano	...	Miss Aphrodite Phipps
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer	...	Junior Twine (as Alfalfa Switser)
Mel Ruick	...	Radio Announcer (as Melville Ruick)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maude Eburne	...	Agatha
William Henry	...	Lester Cadwalader Jr. (as Scott Jordan)

Storyline

The advertising slogans of Jimmy Hanagan and the lab reports reveal that the patented prepared pudding invented by Lemuel P. Twine has a treasure of Vitamin Z and is full of Zumph. Lemuel's daughter, Helen is in love with Jimmy but her mother wants her to marry Lester Cadwalader, Jr., son of Cadwalader, Sr., political boss of the city and mentor and whip of the present mayor, Moe Carson. Cadwalader is backing Twine for mayor even though he knows he can't win, as he wants to keep a stronger candidate out of the running. But after the discovery of Zumph in Twine's pudding, Cadwalader realizes that Twine will win the election. He has Twine's pudding branded as a fake and Twine as a fraud. But Lemuel comes from a long line of fighting Twines and, as he dozes, his ancestors appear before him telling him to fight to the end.

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Taglines:

GYPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK! (original ad - all caps)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 June 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Man or Mouse

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Elizabeth Taylor.

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Quotes

[The Twine family ghosts want to help Lemuel win the election, but a ghostly matriarch objects]
Agatha: Since when have we become trouble-shooters for dimwit mortals?

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Connections

Featured in The Universal Story (1995)

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