You're Telling Me

1942 1h 0m EN

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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Hubert Abercrombie Gumm, a flighty, eccentric screwball acquires a job as an executive at a radio station at the insistence of his only-slightly less eccentric aunt Fannie Handley, who is married to one of the company owners. After mixing up the script pages to the various radio programs, Hubert sets out to get the name of a returning explorer on a contract for the radio station. Other than the title, this film has no connection at all to the 1934 W.C. Fields film of the same title even though some sources give the plot of the Fields' film as the plot of this film.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hugh Herbert
Hubert Abercrombie Gumm
Anne Gwynne
Kit Bellamy
Robert Paige
Dr. Burnside 'Burnsy' Walker
Edward Ashley
Fred Curtis
Ernest Truex
Charles Handley
Esther Dale
Aunt Fannie Handley
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Appleby
Charles Smith
Bill, Mimograph Operator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charles Lamont
Writers: Brenda Weisberg, Duane Decker, Charles O'Neil
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Hugh Herbert and Anne Gwynne and Robert Paige carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0035584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Charles Lamont directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Hugh Herbert and Anne Gwynne and Robert Paige carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0035584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.