Life Begins at 40 (1935)
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Synopsis of Life Begins at 40
A best-selling nonfictional book of the 1920s provided the title for this Will Rogers vehicle. Rogers plays a small town newspaper editor who prints all the news that fits his own homespun view of the world. Against the wishes of the town higher-ups, Rogers tries to clear the name of Richard Cromwell, a young man accused of a long-ago bank robbery. Along the way, the genial editor smooths the path of romance between Cromwell and sweet Rochelle Hudson. Life Begins at 40 contains some great bits of dialogue, notably Rogers' comment after unloading a box of canned goods that the American emblem should be changed from an eagle to a can opener. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Life Begins at 40
- Will Rogers - Kenesaw H. Clark
- Richard Cromwell - Lee Austin
- Jane Darwell - Ida Harris
- Sterling Holloway - Chris
- Roger Imhof - "Pappy" Smithers
- John Bradford - Wally Stevens
- T. Roy Barnes - Simonds, Salesman
- Frank Darien
- Creighton Hale - Drug Clerk
- Guy Usher - Sheriff
- Jed Prouty - Charles Beagle
- Edward McWade - Doctor
- James B. "Pop" Kenton
- John Wallace - Peg-Leg Man
- Robert Kerr - Bank Teller
- Ernie Shields
- Larry Fisher
- James Marcus
- Harry Dunkinson - Abercrombie's Friends
- John Webb Dillon
- Billy Bletcher - Hog Caller
- Rochelle Hudson - Adele Anderson
- George Barbier - Colonel Joseph Abercrombie
- George "Slim" Summerville - T. Watterson Meriwether
- Thomas Beck - Joe Abercrombie
- Charles Sellon - Tom Cotton
- Ruth Gillette - Mrs. Cotton
- Barbara Barondess - Abercrombie's Maid
- James Donlan - Farmer
- Kathrin Clare Ward - Housewife
- Allan Sears
- Carl Miller
- Edward J. Le Saint
- John Ince - Storekeeper
- Bob McKenzie
- Robert Dalton - Steven's Henchman
- Rhody Hathaway
- Jack Henderson
- Rodney Hildebrand
- Claire Du Brey - Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
- William Burress
- Bill Baxter - Townsman
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
- Writer(s):
- Dudley Nichols, Lamar Trotti, William Conselman
- Producer(s):
- Sol Wurtzel
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