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Mama Loves Papa (1945)

Directed by Frank R. Strayer

Overview

A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is tossed headfirst into the world of small-town politics. Sized up as a patsy by crooked politician Kirkwood, poor Wilbur is plied with champagne as part of Kirkwood’s scheme to land a sweetheart playground-equipment contract.

Rated NR | Length 60 minutes

Actors

Leon Errol | Elisabeth Risdon | Edwin Maxwell | Emory Parnell | Charles Halton | Paul Harvey | Charlotte Wynters | Ruth Lee | Lawrence Tierney