The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
- Starring:
- Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, (more)
- Director(s):
- Malcolm St. Clair
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Bashful Bachelor
The Bashful Bachelor was the second of six 1940s B films inspired by the popular radio series Lum 'N' Abner. The two principal characters are the proprietors of the Jot 'Em Down Store in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Lum (Chester Lauck) endeavors to impress a marriageable middle-aged lady (ZaSu Pitts) by becoming a hero. Lum's partner Abner (Norris Goff) reluctantly agrees to pretend to be the victim of several staged accidents, so that Lum can come to the rescue and prove his courage. Somehow this ends with a slapstick horse race. Director Mal St. Clair reaps better results from Lum 'N' Abner than he would in his subsequent Laurel & Hardy comedies at 20th Century-Fox. The Bashful Bachelor was put together by independent Voco Productions, and released by RKO Radio. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 78 mins
Complete Cast of The Bashful Bachelor
- Chester Lauck - Lum Edwards
- Grady Sutton - Cedric
- Louise Currie - Marjorie
- Irving Bacon - Sheriff
- Benny Rubin - Pitch Man
- Norris Goff - Abner Peabody
- Oscar O'Shea - Squire Skimp
- Constance Purdy - Widder Abernathy
- Earl Hodgins - Joe
- ZaSu Pitts - Geraldine
- Director(s):
- Malcolm St. Clair
- Writer(s):
- Chandler Sprague
- Producer(s):
- Jack William Votion
- Categories:
- Comedy
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