The Good Fellows (1943)

Pop's lodge meetings almost break up Sis's romance!

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Jo Graham
Writer : Herman J. Mankiewicz, George S. Kaufman

Synopsis

The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton (Cecil Kellaway) so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly makes a shambles of a real estate deal his oldest daughter, Ethel (Helen Walker)is working on,almost wrecks her romance with Captain Tom Drayson (James Brown), and gets involved in a game with a pool shark in an effort to raise the remaining $75 of the $6,750 needed (that they didn't have) by the Wakefield Lodge to host the national convention of the Noblest Romans.

Actors

Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway
Jim Hilton
Helen Walker
Helen Walker
Ethel Hilton
Mabel Paige
Mabel Paige
Miss Kent
James Brown
James Brown
Tom Drayton
Patti Hale
Patti Hale
Sprat (as Diana Hale)
Kathleen Lockhart
Kathleen Lockhart
Mary Hilton

Crews

Jo Graham
Jo Graham
Director
Howard Snyder
Howard Snyder
Writer
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
George S. Kaufman
George S. Kaufman
Screenplay
Walter MacEwen
Walter MacEwen
Producer
Leo Shuken
Leo Shuken
Original Music Composer
Theodor Sparkuhl
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
Arthur P. Schmidt
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
Haldane Douglas
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
George Sawley
George Sawley
Set Decoration
Wally Westmore
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Walter Oberst
Walter Oberst
Sound
S. Robert Quick
S. Robert Quick
Sound

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