Full frame (1.33:1) Will Rogers, Billie Burke, Allison Skipworth, Sterling Holloway, Andrew Tombes, Gail Patrick, Frances Grant. Based on the play "The Torch bearers" by George Kelly; adaptation by Bartlett Cormack. Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. Special features: Commentary by film historian Anthony slide; Will Rogers : an American original (as seen on Biography, on the A & E network); restoration comparison; Fox Movietone news footage.
Summary:
Will Rogers plays Thomas Brown, president of Brown's Breakfast Sausage. All's well until Mrs. Brown decides to join an amateur theater group. Even a disastrous opening night fails to dampen anyone's enthusiasm, so Thomas resorts to other means to discourage his wife's theatrical ambitions.
Series:
Cinema classics collection Will Rogers collection volume 1
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