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What a Life (film)

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Director
  
Theodore Reed

Music director
  
John Leipold

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7.2/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Production
  
Paramount Pictures

Country
  
United States

What a Life (film) movie poster

Release date
  
October 6, 1939 (1939-10-06)

Writer
  
Charles Brackett (screenplay), Billy Wilder (screenplay), Clifford Goldsmith (based on the play by)

Cast
  
Jackie Cooper
(Henry Aldrich),
Betty Field
(Barbara Pearson),
John Howard
(Mr. Nelson),
Hedda Hopper
(Mrs. Aldrich),
Lionel Stander
(Ferguson),
Janice Logan
(Miss Shea)

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Jackie Cooper appears in What a Life and The Devil Is a Sissy

What a Life is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, John Howard, Janice Logan, Vaughan Glaser, Lionel Stander and Hedda Hopper. The film was released on October 6, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.

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Plot

In the first Henry Aldrich film, Henry (Jackie Cooper) is falsely accused of making trouble at school. He must clear himself.

Cast

  • Jackie Cooper as Henry Aldrich
  • Betty Field as Barbara Pearson
  • John Howard as Mr. Nelson
  • Janice Logan as Miss Shea
  • Vaughan Glaser as J.C. Bradley
  • Lionel Stander as Ferguson
  • Fred Niblo as Mr. Aldrich
  • Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Aldrich
  • James Corner as George Bigelow
  • Dorothy Stickney as Miss Wheeler
  • Kathleen Lockhart as Miss Pike
  • Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Patterson
  • Sidney Miller as Pinkie Peters
  • Andrew Tombes as Professor Abernathy
  • George Guhl as Janitor
  • Arthur Aylesworth as MacGowan
  • Wilda Bennett as Miss Doolittle
  • Benny Bartlett as 'Butch' Williams
  • Kay Stewart as Marjorie
  • Leonard Sues as Harold Lambrey
  • Edwin Brian as Don Bray
  • Janet Waldo as Gwen
  • Sheila Ryan as Jessie
  • Douglas Fahy as Tony Milligan
  • Roberta Smith as Gertie
  • Nora Cecil as Miss Eggleston
  • References

    What a Life (film) Wikipedia
    What a Life (film) IMDb What a Life (film) themoviedb.org