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Big Hearted Herbert

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Big Hearted Herbert

The hit that kept Broadway laughing for one solid year!

3.5

1h 0m

1934

“The hit that kept Broadway laughing for one solid year!”

Synopsis

After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.

Director

William Keighley

Comedy

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Cast & Crew

Aline MacMahon

Aline MacMahon

as Elizabeth Kalness

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

as Herbert Kalness

Patricia Ellis

Patricia Ellis

as Alice Kalness

Helen Lowell

Helen Lowell

as Martha

Phillip Reed

Phillip Reed

as Andrew Goodrich

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

as Jim

Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill

as Goodrich Sr.

Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Gateson

as Amy Godrich

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

as Mrs. Goodrich

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