Life with Henry (1941)
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The box-office success of Paramount's What a Life (1939), coupled with the popularity of the spinoff Henry Aldrich radio series, inspired the studio to launch an "Aldrich" series of its own. The inagural entry was Life with Henry, with Jackie Cooper repeating his role as befuddled teenager Henry Aldrich. This time around, Henry and his pal Dizzy (Eddie Bracken) conspire to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Alaska. The boys' bumbling efforts have unfortunate long-range repercussions, culminating in the decision by a group of investors not to build a factory in town, as originally planned. How will Henry get himself out of this one? For the record, in all subsequent "Henry Aldrich" endeavors, Henry would be played by Jimmy Lydon, while Dizzy would be enacted by Charles Smith. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jackie Cooper - Henry Aldrich
- Eddie Bracken - Dizzy Stevens
- Kay Stewart - Mary Aldrich
- Rod Cameron - Bill Van Dusen
- Lucien Littlefield - Mr. Stevens
- Etta McDaniel - Cleo Johnson
- Edith Evanson - Anne, the Swedish Maid
- Doris Lloyd - Mrs. Anderson
- Charlotte Treadway - Mrs. Joe Nye
- Thurston Hall - Mr. Woodring
- Theodore Von Eltz - Mr. Rappaport
- Wanda McKay - Girl on Stage
- Leila Ernst - Kathleen Anderson
- Hedda Hopper - Mrs. Aldrich
- Moroni Olsen - Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
- Pierre Watkin - Mr. Anderson
- Frank M. Thomas - Joe Nye
- Hanley Stafford - Theater Manager
- Rand Brooks - Daniel Gordon
- Frances Carson - Mrs. Stevens
- Josephine Whittell - Aunt Harriett
- Winifred Harris - Mrs. Woodring
- Mary Currier - Mrs. Rappaport
- Fred Niblo - Mr. Aldrich
- Director(s):
- Theodore Reed
- Writer(s):
- Don Hartman
- Producer(s):
- Theodore Reed
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