Directed by:
Christy CabanneCinematography:
Jack MacKenzieComposer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Guy Kibbee, John Archer, Margaret Hayes, Wallace Ford, Spencer Charters, John Miljan, George Chandler, Dick Elliott, Willie Best, Eddy Waller, Frank Reicher (more)Plots(1)
Scattergood Baines, the sage of the small New England town of Coldriver, is reviewing the town from the porch of his general store when his reverie is interrupted by the loud backfiring of an old jalopy. Dunker Gillson emerges from the car and introduces himself to Scattergood as the new owner of the town's weekly paper. When Dunker learns about Lydia and Cynthia Quentin, elderly, reclusive sisters who have not emerged from their mansion in twenty years, he decides to interview them. At the Quentin house, Dunker is greeted by Mrs. Grimes, the housekeeper, who refuses to let him see her employers. The sisters' only interest in life is their cat, Mathildy, and when the animal needs medical treatment, Mrs. Grimes insists on driving the sisters and their pet to town to visit the vet. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Guy Kibbee
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
It Started with Eve (1941)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
John Archer
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
White Heat (1949)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Margaret Hayes
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Saboteur (1942)
Wallace Ford
UK
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Freaks (1932)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Spencer Charters
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
John Miljan
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Juarez (1939)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Dick Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Willie Best
USA
Best movies:
Feet First (1930)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Eddy Waller
USA
Best movies:
Woman on the Run (1950)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
Frank Reicher
German Empire
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Earle Hodgins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
East of Eden (1955)
Sarah Edwards
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Eily Malyon
UK
Best movies:
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Going My Way (1944)
Margaret Seddon
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)