screwball comedy,spoiled brat

There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

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GYPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK!

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Harold Young
  • Profile picture of Hugh Herbert
    Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine Hugh Herbert
  • Profile picture of Peggy Moran
    Helen Barbara Twine Peggy Moran
  • Profile picture of Tom Brown
    Jimmy Hanagan Tom Brown
  • Profile picture of Guy Kibbee
    Lester Cadwalader, Sr. Guy Kibbee
  • Profile picture of Catherine Doucet
    Minerva Twine Catherine Doucet
  • Profile picture of Edgar Kennedy
    Mayor Moe Carson Edgar Kennedy
  • Profile picture of Gus Schilling
    Professor Asa Quisenberry Gus Schilling
  • Profile picture of Elizabeth Taylor
    Gloria Twine Elizabeth Taylor

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Keywords

  • screwball comedy
  • spoiled brat