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Big Hearted Herbert

5.519341h MovieComedy

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.

DirectorWilliam Keighley
WritersLillie Hayward·Ben Markson

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Cast · Directed by William Keighley

AMAline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon
Elizabeth Kalness
GKGuy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee
Herbert Kalness
PEPatricia Ellis
Patricia Ellis
Alice Kalness
HLHelen Lowell
Helen Lowell
Martha
PRPhillip Reed
Phillip Reed
Andrew Goodrich
RBRobert Barrat
Robert Barrat
Jim
HOHenry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill
Goodrich Sr.
MGMarjorie Gateson
Marjorie Gateson
Amy Godrich
NWNella Walker
Nella Walker
Mrs. Goodrich
JDJunior Durkin
Junior Durkin
Junior Kainess
JW
Jay Ward
Robert Kainess
CCClaudia Coleman
Claudia Coleman
Mrs. Havens

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