There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
Overview
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.21 |
Directed By
Harold Young
Crew
Brenda Weisberg
Harold Young
John W. Boyle
Maurice Wright
Robert B. Hunt
Ken Goldsmith
Jack Otterson
Russell A. Gausman
Frank Skinner
Robert B. Hunt
Vera West
Charles Carroll
TOP CAST
Hugh Herbert
Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
Peggy Moran
Helen Barbara Twine
Tom Brown
Jimmy Hanagan
Guy Kibbee
Lester Cadwalader, Sr.
Catherine Doucet
Minerva Twine
Edgar Kennedy
Mayor Moe Carson
Gus Schilling
Professor Asa Quisenberry
Elizabeth Taylor
Gloria Twine
Charles Halton
Trumbull
Renie Riano
Miss Aphrodite Phipps
Carl Switzer
Junior Twine
Mel Ruick
Radio Announcer
Maude Eburne
Agatha
Harlan Briggs
Luke Simpson
Ralph Brooks
Man at the Meeting
Barbara Brown
Club Woman
Bess Flowers
Luncheon Attendee
Jack Gardner
Reporter
Eddie Hall
Man in Ice Cream Parlor Trying to Stop the Fight
Vinton Hayworth
Photographer
Nell O'Day
Antoinette
Ted Oliver
Reporter
Frankie Van
Busboy in Brawl
Claire Whitney
Mrs. Barstow
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