Big Hearted Herbert
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Big Hearted Herbert

"The hit that kept Broadway laughing for one solid year!"

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.

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Cast

  • Aline MacMahon
    Aline MacMahon
    Elizabeth Kalness
  • Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    Herbert Kalness
  • Patricia Ellis
    Patricia Ellis
    Alice Kalness
  • Helen Lowell
    Helen Lowell
    Martha
  • Phillip Reed
    Phillip Reed
    Andrew Goodrich
  • Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    Jim
  • Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    Goodrich Sr.
  • Marjorie Gateson
    Marjorie Gateson
    Amy Godrich
  • Nella Walker
    Nella Walker
    Mrs. Goodrich
  • Junior Durkin
    Junior Durkin
    Junior Kainess
  • Jay Ward
    Robert Kainess
  • Claudia Coleman
    Claudia Coleman
    Mrs. Havens
  • George Chandler
    George Chandler
    Murphy (uncredited)
  • Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
  • Gay Seabrook
    Gay Seabrook
    Miss Plunket - Herberts Secretary (uncredited)
  • Hale Hamilton
    Hale Hamilton
    Mr. Havens

Crew

  • Ben Markson
    Screenplay
  • William Keighley
    William Keighley
    Director
  • Lillie Hayward
    Screenplay
  • Sophie Kerr
    Theatre Play
  • Sophie Kerr
    Story
  • Anna Steese Richardson
    Theatre Play
  • Arthur L. Todd
    Camera Operator
  • Jack Killifer
    Editor
  • Leo F. Forbstein
    Conductor
  • Orry-Kelly
    Orry-Kelly
    Costume Design
  • M. K. Jerome
    Original Music Composer
  • Robert M. Haas
    Art Direction

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