About this title: A snooty blue-blooded English family learns a bitter lesson about the realities of lower class living in this British comedy. It all happens because the ditzy wife makes a terrible mistake with their money and loses a fortune. Her husband, a banker is at his wit's end as he scrambles about looking for much-needed cash. He tries his wife's wealthy, ailing uncle, but he has bequeathed his fortune to the actress he loved as a boy, (a woman he has never met). The aging star, who long ago disappeared from the screen, has no idea she is an heiress. Meanwhile, just before Christmas the daughter of ...
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Description: Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette, Robert Livingston. New in new packaging. 1945 Run time: 87. A wealthy family is preparing for Christmas in their usual stylish fashion (Eugene Pallette and Billie Burke play the parents. ) They hit on a bright idea that will make them outstanding durng this holiday season among their friends. They will adopt a "lost man" and bring him to their house for the holidays. read more
"A classic movie, yet seldom seen. Billie Burke (Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in "The Wizard of Oz") gives a stellar performance. Ona Munson (Belle Watling in "Gone With the Wind") is superb in the leading role of this under-rated film. A must for family fare and family values."
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