Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938 film by Gordon Wiles
- February 18, 1938 (1938-02-18)
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles. The film is based on the Clarence Budington Kelland Saturday Evening Post short story Face the Facts. The working titles of the film were Face the Facts and Mr. Boggs Buys a Barrel.[1]
Plot
Government statistician Oliver Boggs wins a large monetary prize from a cinema for correctly guessing the amount of beans in a barrel. His elder business associate advises him to leave his dead end depressing job and do something rewarding. When the pair's boss abuses the elder man, Boggs quits and decides to purchase a barrel manufacturing company in a small town. Boggs discovers that all the business in the town is dead due to the Great Depression. Boggs and his barrel company adviser Oleander Tubbs bring in a variety of unusual methods and ingenuity to bring prosperity to the town.
Cast
- Stuart Erwin as Oliver Boggs
- Helen Chandler as Oleander Tubbs
- Toby Wing as Irene Lee
- Tully Marshall as Morton Ross
- Spencer Charters as Angus Tubbs
- Otis Harlan as Abner Katz
- Walter Byron as Dennis Andrews
- Peter Potter as Bob DeBrette
- Harry Tyler as Sam Mason
- Milburn Stone as Burns
- Nora Cecil as Widow Peddia
- Harrison Greene as Mr. Pry
- Elliot Fisher as Tommy Mason
- Eddie Kane as Theatre Manager
- Wilson Benge as The Butler
- Mike Jeffries as Chauffeur
- Isabel La Mal as Mrs. Mason
- Betty Mack as Miss Feathrewell
- Otto Hoffman as Jenkins
References
- ^ "Mr. Boggs Steps Out". afi.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mr. Boggs Steps Out.
- Mr. Boggs Steps Out on YouTube
- Mr. Boggs Steps Out at IMDb
- Mr. Boggs Steps Out is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Gordon Wiles
- Blackmailer (1936)
- Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
- Lady from Nowhere (1936)
- Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
- Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
- Women of Glamour (1937)
- Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
- Prison Train (1938)
- Forced Landing (1941)
- The Gangster (1947)
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