Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941)
Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after being unjustly imprisoned, and a young chemist who is trying to invent a color television but is being opposed by his girlfriend's father, who wants the girl to marry a pharmacist like himself instead of some crazy inventor.
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Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after being unjustly imprisoned, and a young chemist who is trying to invent a color television but is being opposed by his girlfriend's father, who wants the girl to marry a pharmacist like himself instead of some crazy inventor.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Bernard Schubert, Christy Cabanne
In Theaters:5/23/1941
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Runtime:66 minutes
Studio:RKO Radio Pictures, Pyramid Productions
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