This Side of Heaven (1934)
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This Side of Heaven is an early, muted example of what would refine itself into the "screwball comedy" genre. Lionel Barrymore plays an accountant, who's also the head of a large family consisting principally of dizzy buffoons. Not only that, but the Barrymore clan is selfish, totally unappreciative of Dad's efforts in their behalf. But when Barrymore is falsely accused of embezzlement, the family members rally to his aid and prove their hidden worth. Amazingly, all the problems in This Side of Heaven are ironed out within a 24-hour span (and 78 minutes' screen time). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Lionel Barrymore - Martin Turner
- Mae Clarke - Jane Turner
- Una Merkel - Birdie
- Onslow Stevens - Walter Hamilton
- Eddie Nugent - Vance Patterson
- Aileen Carlyle - Nurse
- Mickey Daniels - Stinky Bliss
- James Durkin - Raymond
- Theodore Von Eltz - Doctor
- Phil Tead - Radio Announcer
- Billy Taft - School Boy
- Anne Shirley - Flower Girl
- Lee Phelps - Policeman
- Charles Williams - Reporter
- Bobby Watson - Interior Decorator
- Sumner Getchell - Gus
- Henry C. Gordon - William Barnes
- Edwin Maxwell - Sawyer
- Fay Bainter - Francene Turner
- Tom Brown - Seth Turner
- Mary Carlisle - Peggy Turner
- Henry Wadsworth - Hal Jennings
- Dickie Moore - Freddie
- Nell Craig - Nurse Attendant
- Claire Du Brey - Miss Blair
- Nell O'Day - Secretary
- Richard Tucker - Producer
- Stanley Taylor - Intern
- Paul Stanton
- Herbert Prior - Grouch
- Paddy O'Flynn - Taxi Driver
- Niles Welch - Druggist
- Edward Norris - Upper Classman
- Charles Giblyn - Harvey
- Edward J. Le Saint - Minister
- Geneva Mitchell
- Director(s):
- William Howard
- Writer(s):
- Edgar Allan Woolf, Florence Ryerson, Zelda Sears
- Producer(s):
- John W. Considine, Jr.
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