Too Busy to Work (1939)
Cornerstones! Committees! Little theatres! "Screwball" country cousins! The Joneses have never been so upside down. How would YOU like to have a "screwball" Joan Davis move in on you? Well, that's how the Jonses feel, too.
64 min
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.
- Release date
- November 17, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Jed Prouty as John Jones
- Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones
- Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones
- George Ernest as Roger Jones
- June Carlson as Lucy Jones
- Florence Roberts as Granny Jones
- Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones
- Joan Davis as Lolly
- Chick Chandler as Cracker McGurk
- Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Randolph Russell
Crew
- Otto Brower · Director
- Robert Ellis · Writer
- George Kelly · Writer
- Howard Lindsay · Writer
- Helen Logan · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Edward Cronjager · Cinematographer
- Fred Allen · Editor