Fantasy & Sci-Fi Shows for the Whole Family
The whole family will enjoy these fantasy and science fiction stories about families and individuals connecting, finding true love, and discovering self.
Red Lights Ahead (1936)
A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.
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A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.
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Genre:Family, Comedy
Written By:Robert Ellis, Helen Logan
In Theaters:11/28/1936
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Runtime:70 minutes
Studio:Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)
Cast
Roland D. Reed
Director
Andy Clyde
Grandpa Hopkins
Lucile Gleason
Molly 'Ma' Wallace
Roger Imhof
Ed "Pa" Wallace
Ben Alexander
George Wallace
Ann Doran
Mary Wallace
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Willie Wallace
Paula Stone
Edna Wallace
Jack Randall
Nordingham
Sam Flint
Franklin Q. Whitney
Eleanor Stewart
Celeste - the Maid
Herbert Clifton
Perkins
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