Directed by James Tinling Story by Arthur T. Horman | Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva Cinematography Arthur C. Miller | |
Screenplay by Marion Orth
Paul Girard Smith Starring James Dunn
Arline Judge
Raymond Walburn
Rosina Lawrence
William Frawley
Charles Sellon | ||
Welcome Home is a 1935 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Marion Orth and Paul Girard Smith. The film stars James Dunn, Arline Judge, Raymond Walburn, Rosina Lawrence, William Frawley and Charles Sellon. The film was released on August 9, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation.
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Plot
Elmdale's chamber of commerce is all but broke. A decision is made to spend what remains of the budget on a reunion that hopefully will entice one of America's wealthiest men, Andrew Anstruther, to return to the place of his birth and build a new factory there.
Con men get wind of it. Dickie Foster, a gambler, is one. He and his partners, a fake bond salesman, Giltedge, and a gold-tooth-stealing dentist called Painless, have already taken the town for $10,000 in bogus bonds. "Gorgeous," his girlfriend, believes in Dickie, but when he goes to Elmdale, he becomes smitten with local girl Susan Adams.
Anstruther takes a liking to Dickie, but Giltedge bilks the millionaire out of $36,000 for worthless bonds. Dickie bets on a horse for Susan's sake to win the money back, but the horse loses. The crooks are charged with murder after Anstruther vanishes, but he turns up just in time to vouch for Dickie as a friend. After he learns Susan has a boyfriend, Dickie goes back to the arms of Gorgeous, who tells him, "Welcome home."