The read
It runs a compact 50m.
Synopsis
Simon Pepper lives as a miserly recluse since the death of his young wife thirty years earlier. He is attended by his secretary and lookalike Abner Quigley, and housekeeper Pansy Pooley, who hires her niece, Queenie, as her assistant. Believing she would be living with a wealthy aunt, Queenie is disillusioned with her new job, although she is befriended by Vivian Van Winkle, the heir to a noodle fortune and an amateur poet known as "Cocobola."
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Howard M. MitchellDirector
Cast
- Shirley MasonQueenie Gurkin
- George O'HaraVivian Van Winkle
- Clarence WilsonSimon Pepper / Abner Quigley
- Aggie HerringPansy Pooley
- Lydia Yeamans TitusMrs. Mulliken
- Adolphe MenjouCount Michael
- Clarissa SelwynneMrs. Torrence
- Pal the DogPal
Themes
1937 fox vault fire