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Red Lights Ahead

(1936)  movie

Red Lights Ahead
Red Lights Ahead

Summary

A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.

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Details

Premiere
Nov 28, 1936
Runtime
70 m
Genres
Family Comedy

Cast

Andy Clyde
Lucile Gleason
Roger Imhof
Ben Alexander
Ann Doran
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Paula Stone
Jack Randall
Sam Flint
Eleanor Stewart
Herbert Clifton

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