Old Hutch

1936
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1h 20m

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Wallace Beery, Eric Linden, and Cecilia Parker in Old Hutch (1936)

Old Hutch, a penniless ne'er-do-well who has not worked a single day since he married his wife 20 years ago, has a brood of children to support, but would rather while away the hours fishing... Read allOld Hutch, a penniless ne'er-do-well who has not worked a single day since he married his wife 20 years ago, has a brood of children to support, but would rather while away the hours fishing at his favorite spot along a nearby creek. His nagging wife tries in vain to improve thin... Read allOld Hutch, a penniless ne'er-do-well who has not worked a single day since he married his wife 20 years ago, has a brood of children to support, but would rather while away the hours fishing at his favorite spot along a nearby creek. His nagging wife tries in vain to improve things for her family, suggesting that they take up an offer from the Gunnisons, local land ow... Read all

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This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Friday 29 March 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in Altoona PA 31 May 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Honolulu 2 June 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), in Philadelphia 15 June 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Amarillo 22 June 1957 on KFDA (Channel 19), in Norfolk VA 15 October 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3) in Minneapolis 20 October 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), in Tucson 23 October 1957 on KVOA (Channel 4), in Chicago 26 October 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), and in Columbus 9 February 1958 on WLW-C (Channel 4), ; its San Francisco television premiere did not take place until 28 November 1958 on KGO (Channel 7); in New York City its earliest documented airing took place 10 September 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).

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7/10

Finding $100,000 seemed like a big bonanza to Wallace Beery, but he's in for several surprises.

A delightful comedy centering on Wallace Beery finding a small box with 100 $1000 bills. He's a shiftless, lazy father of six and hasn't worked since the day he married Elizabeth Patterson. Because it would be too suspicious to try to change a $1000 bill, he decides to work to accumulate enough money so that he could start spending his new-found fortune. Until then, he buries it under a tree by the lake. The screenplay is cleverly written, with lots of surprises and some romance between his eldest daughter, Cecilia Parker, and the town's rich banker's son, Eric Linden. But it's Beery's film from the start and is a very enjoyable entertainment.

There's a glaring error in the credits: James Burke is credited onscreen in the role of the bank teller, but if you know the character actors of the 30's, you'll recognize that it was James Bush in the role. Because of the similarity of the names, it's more than likely that it was just a typographical error and that Burke was never even considered for the part (he's not right for it). Another problem I noticed was the character names of the Perkin twins, Caroline and Julia. They are credited onscreen as Sally and Florrie, but they are called Carrie and Julie (probably their real life nicknames) in the film.