The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Brenda WeisbergScreenplay
- Harold YoungDirector
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
- Robert B. HuntScreenplay
Cast
- Hugh HerbertLemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
- Peggy MoranHelen Barbara Twine
- Tom BrownJimmy Hanagan
- Guy KibbeeLester Cadwalader, Sr.
- Catherine DoucetMinerva Twine
- Edgar KennedyMayor Moe Carson
- Gus SchillingProfessor Asa Quisenberry
- Elizabeth TaylorGloria Twine
- Charles HaltonTrumbull
- Renie RianoMiss Aphrodite Phipps
- Carl SwitzerJunior Twine
- Mel RuickRadio Announcer
Stills
Themes
screwball comedyspoiled brat