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Too Busy to Work

Too Busy to Work1939

★10.064 minComedy

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.

Director

Writer

Helen Logan Robert Ellis Stanley Rauh

Score

Stars

Jed Prouty Spring Byington Kenneth Howell

Cast33

Jed Prouty
as John Jones
Spring Byington
as Mrs. John Jones
Kenneth Howell
as Jack Jones
Florence Roberts
as Granny Jones
George Ernest
as Roger Jones
June Carlson
as Lucy Jones
Billy Mahan
as Bobby Jones
Joan Davis
as Lolly
Chick Chandler
as Cracker McGurk
Marjorie Gateson
as Mrs. Randolph Russell
Andrew Tombes
as Wilbur Wentworth
Marvin Stephens
as Tommy McGuire
Irving Bacon
as Gilligan
Helen Ericson
as Betty
Harold Goodwin
as Raymond
Hooper Atchley
as Charles Carter
S
Sherry Hall
as Anbruster
George Melford
as Dugan
Eddie Acuff
as Stage Manager
Edwin Stanley
as Frazier
J
Jack Green
as Policeman
Paul E. Burns
as Tavern Keeper
Chester Clute
as Springer
Eddie Dunn
as Truck Driver
Sarah Edwards
W
Wesley Giraud
as Messenger Boy
Grace Goodall
E
Edith Hallor
Gladden James
as Clerk in Drugstore
Dave Morris
as Baxter
Harry Strang
as Policeman
G
George Watts
as Jailer
Fred Kelsey
as Hank Fidler

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