Every Saturday Night (1936)
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The cinematic saga of The Jones Family began modestly in 1936 with Every Saturday Night. Jed Prouty and Spring Byington star as Ma and Pa Jones, with June Lang, Kenneth Howell, George Ernest, June Carlson and William Mahan as the five Jones kids and Florence Roberts as feisty Granny Jones. In this entry, the scattershot storyline concerns Bonnie Jones' (June Lang) efforts to become a movie star, Jack Jones' (Kenneth Howell) attempts to buy a car, and Bobby Jones (William Mahan) sets up his own junior "loan office." When the film was first previewed, the family's name was Evers, but this was changed at the very last minute. Based on a story by Katherine Kavanaugh, Every Saturday Night was successful enough to spawn 16 additional "Jones Family" epics between 1936 and 1940, few of which have ever been shown on television. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- June Lang - Bonnie Evers
- Jed Prouty - Mr. Evers
- Florence Roberts - Granny Evers
- George Ernest - Roger Evers
- Paul Stanton - Mr. Newall
- Kay Hughes - Patty Newall
- Fred Wallace - Jed
- Billy Mahan - Bobby Evers
- Thomas Beck - Clark Newall
- Spring Byington - Mrs. Evers
- Ken Howell - Jack Evers
- June Carlson - Lucy Evers
- William Mahan - Bobby Evers
- Phyllis Fraser - Millicent
- Oscar Apfel - Mr. Dayton
- Director(s):
- Frank Strayer, James Tinling
- Writer(s):
- Edward Eliscu
- Producer(s):
- Max H. Golden
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