Little Accident (1939)
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- Approved
- 1h 5min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 27 Oct 1939 (USA)
- Movie
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
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| Hugh Herbert | ... |
Herbert Pearson
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| Florence Rice | ... |
Alice Pearson
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| Richard Carlson | ... |
Perry Allerton
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| Ernest Truex | ... |
Tabby Morgan
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| Joy Hodges | ... |
Joan Huston
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| Kathleen Howard | ... |
Mrs. Allerton
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| Howard Hickman | ... |
Mr. Allerton
(as Howard C. Hickman)
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| Edgar Kennedy | ... |
Paper Hanger
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| Etienne Girardot | ... |
Professor Artemus Glenwater
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| Fritz Feld | ... |
Malisse
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Charles D. Brown | ... |
Jeff Collins
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| Baby Sandy | ... |
Sandy
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Clara Blore | ... |
Third Woman (uncredited)
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Margaret Brayton | ... |
Receptionist (uncredited)
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Arthur Q. Bryan | ... |
Customer (uncredited)
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Eddie Coke | ... |
Salesman (uncredited)
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Harry Depp | ... |
Meek (uncredited)
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| Mary Field | ... |
Miss Wilson (uncredited)
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| Ruth Gillette | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Harrison Greene | ... |
Sobol (uncredited)
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| Robert Greig | ... |
Butler (uncredited)
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| Anne Gwynne | ... |
Blonde Girl (uncredited)
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| Olaf Hytten | ... |
Meggs (uncredited)
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| Charles Irwin | ... |
Announcer (uncredited)
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| Marjorie Kane | ... |
Woman Ironer (uncredited)
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| Milton Kibbee | ... |
Second Man (uncredited)
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| Betty Mack | ... |
First Woman (uncredited)
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| Frank Marlowe | ... |
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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| Hugh McArthur | ... |
Hauser (uncredited)
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Eva McKenzie | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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| Fay McKenzie | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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| Frank Mitchell | ... |
Customer (uncredited)
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| Peggy Moran | ... |
Tall Girl (uncredited)
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| William Newell | ... |
Photographer (uncredited)
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| Hattie Noel | ... |
Melissa (uncredited)
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| Frank O'Connor | ... |
Newspaperman (uncredited)
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Franklin Parker | ... |
First Cameraman (uncredited)
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| Emory Parnell | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Joey Ray | ... |
Second Cameraman (uncredited)
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Frances Robinson | ... |
Third Model (uncredited)
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| Ronald R. Rondell | ... |
Cameraman (uncredited)
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| Virginia Sale | ... |
Nurse (uncredited)
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| Ralph Sanford | ... |
Conductor (uncredited)
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| Fred Santley | ... |
First Man (uncredited)
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| Al Thompson | ... |
Laundry Worker (uncredited)
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Bobbe Trefts | ... |
Nurse (uncredited)
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| Ray Turner | ... |
Colored Man (uncredited)
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| Minerva Urecal | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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| Dave Willock | ... |
Attendant (uncredited)
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Bert Young | ... |
Laundry Worker (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Charles Lamont | ||
Written by
| Paul Yawitz | ... | (original screenplay) |
| Eve Greene | ... | (original screenplay) |
| Floyd Dell | ... | (play "The Little Accident") |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | (play "The Little Accident") |
Produced by
| Charles Lamont | ... | producer |
Music by
| Frank Skinner | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Milton R. Krasner | ||
Editing by
| Frank Gross | ||
Art Direction by
| Jack Otterson | ||
Costume Design by
| Vera West | ||
Music Department
| Charles Previn | ... | musical director |
| Ralph Freed | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Hal Herman | ... | unit publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1939) (United States) (theatrical) (as Universal Pictures Corporation)
- Empire Universal Films (1939) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Proprietary (1939) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1939) (France) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1939) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Kamera Film Aktieselskap (1939) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Luis Martinez Producciones Cinematograficas (1939) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Puerto Rico (1939) (Puerto Rico) (theatrical)
- Jaime Puig Arosemena (1939) (Colombia) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Mexico (1939) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- La Universal (Cis Distribuidora de Peliculas) (1939) (Cuba) (theatrical)
- Universal Films (1939) (Panama) (theatrical)
- Universal Films Argentina (1939) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Peru (1939) (Peru) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Chile (1939) (Chile) (theatrical)
- General Film Distributors (GFD) (1940) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures do Brazil (1939) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Universal Film (1940) (Sweden) (theatrical)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Herbert Pearson (Hugh Herbert), a-more-than-slightly -unhinged newspaper advice columnist, writing under a woman's pseudonym, finds an abandoned baby (Baby Sandy) and decide it take it into his care. The "care group' quickly grows in number that includes his daughter Alice (Florence Ride_ and her sweetheart Perry Allerton (Richard Carlson).
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | WOO-WOO vs. GOO-GOO! The Laff Battle of the Century! (Print Ad-Albany Times-Union, ((Albany NY)) 24 October 1939) See more » |
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