It Grows on Trees (1952)
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Irene Dunne made her final film appearance in the frothy fantasy It Grows on Trees. Looking at least two decades younger than her 52 years, Dunne plays Polly Baxter, the ebullient wife of Phil Baxter (Dean Jagger). Miracle of miracles, two of the trees in Polly's backyard garden begin sprouting paper currency! Assuming that it's genuine mazumah, Polly goes on a spending spree, and also pays off the long-standing mortgage on the house. The money-yielding trees soon become a nationwide sensation, drawing thousands of interested parties to the Baxters' tiny backyard. A major setback is inevitable, but the manner in which the dilemma is solved is both clever and logical. When it isn't concentrating on the plot proper, It Grows on Trees offers some amusing jibes at the U.S. Treasury Department, the IRS, and small-town pretentiousness. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Irene Dunne - Polly Baxter
- Richard Crenna - Ralph Bowen
- Edith Meiser - Mrs. Pryor
- Les Tremayne - Finlay Murchison
- Malcolm Lee Beggs - Henry Carollman
- Bob Sweeney - McGuire
- Mary Benoit
- Cliff Clark - Sergeant
- William O'Leary - Gonnigle
- Emile Avery - TV Man
- Charles McAvoy - Policeman
- Frankie Howerd
- Jack Reynolds - Reporter
- Anthony Radecki
- Vera Burnett - Assistant
- Perc Launders
- Jimmie Dodd - Treeburger Proprietor
- John Damler - Cleanshave
- Dean Jagger - Phil Baxter
- Joan Evans - Diane Baxter
- Sandy Descher - Midge Baxter
- Forrest Lewis - Dr. Harold Burrows
- Frank Ferguson - John Letherby
- Dee Pollock - Flip Baxter
- Madge Blake - Woman
- Clark Howat - Mustache
- Jeanne Blackford - Lady
- Robert Strong - Ad Lib Cameraman
- Walter Clinton - Delivery Man
- Dee J. Thompson - Miss Reid
- Elmer Peterson - Commentator
- Bob Carney - Bus Driver
- Ralph Montgomery - Umbrella Vendor
- Thurston Hall - Sleamish
- Chuck Courtney - Paper Man
- Hal K. Dawson - Tutt
- Director(s):
- Arthur Lubin
- Writer(s):
- Leonard Praskins, Barney Slater
- Producer(s):
- Leonard Goldstein
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