Scattergood Baines

1941 1h 9m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 3

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Young Scattergood Baines arrives in the small New England town of Coldriver. Through some shrewd business maneuvering, he manages to open up a hardware store. Twenty years later he has become a prosperous and respected member of the community, a member of the local school board and the owner of a railroad that transports timber to the local sawmill. Problems begin to arise, however, when a young schoolteacher he has hired turns out to be not quite what he expected, and the mill owners pressure Scattergood to sell them his railroad, with the idea of raising the transportation fees paid to them by the local loggers.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Guy Kibbee
Scattergood Baines
Carol Hughes
Helen Parker
John Archer
Johnny Bones
Dink Trout
Pliny Pickett
Emma Dunn
Mirandy Baines
Willie Best
Hipp
Fern Emmett
Clara Potts
Lee 'Lasses' White
Ed Potts

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christy Cabanne
Writers: Michael L. Simmons, Clarence Budington Kelland, Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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85 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Scattergood Baines" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Guy Kibbee and Carol Hughes and John Archer carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0034154 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christy Cabanne directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
285 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Scattergood Baines" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Guy Kibbee and Carol Hughes and John Archer carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0034154 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.