Fly My Kite

May 30, 1931

0h 21m

★ 6.7

Overview

A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Hal Roach Studios

Fly My Kite Trailers

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Cast

Stymie

Matthew Beard

Chubby

Norman Chaney

Dorothy

Dorothy DeBorba

Farina

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Dan’s New Wife (uncredited)

Mae Busch

Mary Ann

Mary Ann Jackson

Wheezer

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Dickie

Dickie Jackson

Shirley

Shirley Jean Rickert

Boxing Kid

George Earnest

Grandma

Margaret Mann

Dan

James Pier Mason

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