The Merry Frinks
1934 film directed by Alfred Edward Green
- May 26, 1934 (1934-05-26)
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The Merry Frinks is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert. It is also known by the alternative title of Happy Family.
Plot
A put-upon mother inherits a fortune, on the condition that she abandon her deadbeat family. This spurs her family members to attempt to reform themselves in an effort to win her back.[1]
Cast
- Aline MacMahon as Hattie 'Mom' Frink
- Guy Kibbee as Uncle Newt Frink
- Hugh Herbert as Joe 'Poppa' Frink
- Allen Jenkins as Emmett Frink
- Helen Lowell as Amelia 'Grandma' Frink
- Joan Wheeler as Lucille Frink
- Frankie Darro as Norman Frink
- Ivan Lebedeff as Ramon Alvarez
- Harold Huber as Benny Lopez
- Louise Beavers as Camille, Hattie's Maid
- Maidel Turner as Mrs. Shinliver
- Harry Beresford as Mr. J. Harold Brumby
- Harry C. Bradley as Dr. Shinliver
- James Bush as Oliver Gilfin
- Charles Coleman as Witherspoon, Hattie's Butler
- Joan Sheldon as Frieda Shinliver
- Ethel Wales as United Charities Worker
- Edward Keane as Truant Officer
- Ivan Linow as Barkefky, the First Russian
- Michael Visaroff as Katzelmalov, the Second Russian
References
- ^ Hanson p.215
Bibliography
- Hanson, Philip. This Side of Despair: How the Movies and American Life Intersected During the Great Depression. Associated University Presse, 2008.
External links
- The Merry Frinks at IMDb
- The Merry Frinks at AllMovie
- The Merry Frinks at the TCM Movie Database
- The Merry Frinks at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films directed by Alfred E. Green
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- Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
- A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)
- Through the Back Door (1921)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
- The Bachelor Daddy (1922)
- Our Leading Citizen (1922)
- The Ghost Breaker (1922)
- The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922)
- Back Home and Broke (1922)
- The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
- Woman-Proof (1923)
- Pied Piper Malone (1924)
- In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
- Inez from Hollywood (1924)
- The Talker (1925)
- Sally (1925)
- The Man Who Found Himself (1925)
- The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
- Ladies at Play (1926)
- Irene (1926)
- It Must Be Love (1926)
- Ella Cinders (1926)
- Two Girls Wanted (1927)
- Is Zat So? (1927)
- The Auctioneer (1927)
- Come to My House (1927)
- Honor Bound (1928)
- Disraeli (1929)
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- Old English (1930)
- Men of the Sky (1931)
- The Road to Singapore (1931)
- Smart Money (1931)
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- The Rich Are Always With Us (1932)
- The Dark Horse (1932)
- Silver Dollar (1932)
- Parachute Jumper (1933)
- Grand Slam (1933)
- Baby Face (1933)
- Central Airport (1933)
- I Loved a Woman (1933)
- The Narrow Corner (1933)
- Dark Hazard (1934)
- Side Streets (1934)
- Housewife (1934)
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- A Lost Lady (1934)
- Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
- Sweet Music (1935)
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- The Jolson Story (1946)
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- Copacabana (1947)
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- The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
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- Sierra (1949)
- The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
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