There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
Director:
Harold Young
Writers:
Brenda Weisberg, Robert B. Hunt.
Hugh Herbert Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine |
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Peggy Moran Helen Barbara Twine |
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Tom Brown Jimmy Hanagan |
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Guy Kibbee Lester Cadwalader, Sr. |
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Catherine Doucet Minerva Twine |
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Edgar Kennedy Mayor Moe Carson |
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Gus Schilling Professor Asa Quisenberry |
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Elizabeth Taylor Gloria Twine |
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Charles Halton Trumbull |
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Renie Riano Miss Aphrodite Phipps |
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Carl Switzer Junior Twine |
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Mel Ruick Radio Announcer |
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Maude Eburne Agatha |
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Harlan Briggs Luke Simpson |
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Ralph Brooks Man at the Meeting |
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Barbara Brown Club Woman |
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Bess Flowers Luncheon Attendee |
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Jack Gardner Reporter |
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Eddie Hall Man in Ice Cream Parlor Trying to Stop the Fight |
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Vinton Hayworth Photographer |
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Nell O'Day Antoinette |
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Ted Oliver Reporter |
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Frankie Van Busboy in Brawl |
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Claire Whitney Mrs. Barstow |
Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
Editing | Maurice Wright | Editor |
Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
Production | Ken Goldsmith | Associate Producer |
Directing | Harold Young | Director |
Writing | Brenda Weisberg | Screenplay |
Camera | John W. Boyle | Director of Photography |
Writing | Robert B. Hunt | Screenplay |
Writing | Robert B. Hunt | Story |
Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound |