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Big Hearted Herbert

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Original title

Big Hearted Herbert

Year

1934

Running time

59 min.

Country

United States

Director

William Keighley

Screenwriter

Lillie Hayward, Ben Markson. Story: Sophie Kerr

Cast

Music

Leo F. Forbstein, M.K. Jerome

Cinematography

Arthur L. Todd (B&W)

Producer

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Genre

Comedy | Half-length Film

Synopsis

Herbert Kalness (Guy Kibbee) is an opinionated man and a huge grouch, but his loving family puts up with him. Herbert is upset when daughter Alice (Patricia Ellis) becomes engaged to Andrew Goodrich (Phillip Reed). Andrew is a Harvard man, and Herbert hates stuff shirts. After Herbert's rants ruin an engagement dinner for Alice, his wife Elizabeth (Aline MacMahon) decides to teach him a lesson. When Herbert brings some clients home to dinner, they get a big surprise.

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Big Hearted Herbert

1934

William Keighley