Mama Loves Papa (1945)
60 min
A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is tossed headfirst into the world of small-town politics. Sized up as a patsy by crooked politician Kirkwood, poor Wilbur is plied with champagne as part of Kirkwood's scheme to land a sweetheart playground-equipment contract.
- Release date
- August 8, 1945
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Leon Errol as Wilbur Todd
- Elisabeth Risdon as Jessie Todd
- Edwin Maxwell as Kirkwood
- Emory Parnell as O'Leary
- Charles Halton as Appleby
- Paul Harvey as Mr. McIntosh
- Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. McIntosh
- Ruth Lee as Mabel
- Lawrence Tierney as Sharpe
- Robert Andersen as Mayor's Secretary
Crew
- Frank R. Strayer · Director
- Charles E. Roberts · Writer
- Monte Brice · Writer
- Benjamin Stoloff · Producer
- Leigh Harline · Composer
- Jack MacKenzie · Cinematographer
- Edward W. Williams · Editor