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Director
  
William Keighley

Music director
  
Leo F. Forbstein

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Story by
  
Sophie Kerr

Language
  
English

Big Hearted Herbert movie poster

Writer
  
Lillie Hayward
,
Ben Markson

Release date
  
October 6, 1934 (1934-10-06)

Based on
  
play Big Hearted Herbert  by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson

Cast
  
Aline MacMahon
(Elizabeth Kalness),
Guy Kibbee
(Herbert Kalness),
Patricia Ellis
(Alice Kalness),
Helen Lowell
(Martha),
Phillip Reed
(Andrew Goodrich)

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,
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,
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,
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Big Hearted Herbert is a 1934 domestic comedy film starring Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee as a middle-aged couple. It is based on the Broadway play of the same name by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson, which was in turn based on the short story "Chin-Chin" by Kerr. It was remade in 1940 as Father Is a Prince.

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Plot

Herbert Kalness has worked hard to build up a successful plumbing supplies manufacturing company from nothing. His wife Elizabeth loves him dearly and is willing to put up with much. However, his grownup children, Alice and Junior, are put out by his constant complaining. Junior wants to go to college, but Herbert insists his son go to work for him in his business. Meanwhile, Alice has fallen in love with and wants to marry Andrew Goodrich, a Harvard graduate and lawyer (both qualities Herbert despises).

When Elizabeth arranges a dinner to get acquainted with the future in-laws, Herbert proceeds to antagonize everyone. So she decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. When he brings customers home for dinner, she and the rest of the family act just as obnoxiously to them as Herbert had to the Goodriches. He eventually capitulates, and domestic peace is restored.

Cast

  • Aline MacMahon as Elizabeth [Kalness]
  • Guy Kibbee as Herbert [Kalness]
  • Patricia Ellis as Alice [Kalness]
  • Helen Lowell as Martha, a servant
  • Phillip Reed as Andrew [Goodrich]
  • Robert Barrat as Jim
  • Henry O'Neill as Goodrich Sr.
  • Marjorie Gateson as Amy Goodrich
  • Nella Walker as Mrs. Goodrich
  • Junior Durkin as Junior Kalness (as Trent Durkin)
  • Jay Ward as Robert Kalness
  • Hale Hamilton as Mr. Havens
  • Claudia Coleman as Mrs. Havens
  • George Chandler as Murphy

    • References

    Big Hearted Herbert Wikipedia
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    Big Hearted Herbert IMDb Big Hearted Herbert themoviedb.org