Mama Runs Wild

Mama Runs Wild (1937)

A SYMPHONY OF SILLINESS! Everything Goes 'Round In Circles When Mama Sets The Pace!

  • Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
  • Release Date: 1937-12-22
  • Runtime: 1h 7min
  • Production Company: Republic Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ralph Staub

Summary

Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank robbers after walking into the bank during the robbery and one of the robbers, in taking money from her purse, left his fingerprints on the purse. She is made an honorary police captain and, with her society sisters sets about "keeping lawlessness" out of the town. From that point on, life becomes miserable for her hen-pecked husband Calvin (Ernest Truex).

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  • Mary Boland

    as Alice Summers

  • Ernest Truex

    as Ernest Summers

  • William Henry

    as Paul Fowler

  • Lynne Roberts

    as Edith Summers (as Lynn Roberts)

  • Max Terhune

    as Applegate

  • Joseph Crehan

    as Tom Fowler

  • Dorothy Page

    as Mrs. Hayes

  • Dewey Robinson

    as Greengable

  • Julius Tannen

    as C. Preston Simms

  • Sammy McKim

    as Boy

  • John Sheehan

    as Snodey

  • James C. Morton

    as Adams

  • Dora Clement

    as Dowager (uncredited)

  • Hal K. Dawson

    as Bank Robber (uncredited)

  • Peggy McKim

    as Young Girl (uncredited)
Directing Ralph Staub Director
Writing Gordon Kahn Writer
Writing Hal Yates Writer
Writing Paul Gerard Smith Writer
Crew Ernest Miller Cinematography
Production Ralph Staub Producer
Sound Alberto Colombo Music
Editing Edward Mann Editor
Art John Victor Mackay Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Eloise Costume Design
Production Al Wilson Production Manager
Editing Murray Seldeen Supervising Editor
Sound Alberto Colombo Music Director

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