Ransom M. Sherman
Birth : 1898-10-15, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Death : 1985-11-26
Powers
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Henry 'Hank' Richards
A self-absorbed comedian steps all over his friends and colleagues in order to achieve success.
Oscar Hollingsworth
A Los Angeles fire captain (Roy Roberts) sends an arson-squad rookie (George Cooper) undercover.
Judge Bolton
A jealous wife suspects the worst when her dingaling husband hires his former girlfriend for a position at his company.
Tex Sanders (as Ransom Sherman)
An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.
M. Roderick Moran, Jr.
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
Mr. Bixby
Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.
Judge
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly tycoon recovers from his illness and decides he wants his money back. Comedy most notable for its numerous unbilled cameos by Warner Bros. actors.
Bill Payson
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Judge Treadwell
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
Prof. Newton
A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
Ransom Sherman
Caroline Bird, the crotchety and stingy owner of Bird Milk Products, is not amused when her employees at the Dairyville factory, the oldest plant in the company, broadcast a special radio program in honor of her birthday. Employees Lulubelle, Scotty and Vera Vague, fed up with the terrible working conditions at Dairyville, cut into the broadcast, and Lulubelle asserts that Caroline is a "big hunk of cheese." Lane, the factory manager, cannot find the culprit, and so Caroline goes with her secretary, Dale Evans, to Dairyville.