Mister Cinderella

Oct 22, 1936

1h 15m

★ 6.0

Overview

Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he's come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. He'll send barber Joe Jenkins in his place to a dinner party aimed at squeezing a few Merriweather millions. That Cinderella plan soon turns into a pumpkin coach with the wheels fallen off. Circumstances will force shave-and-a-haircut Joe to masquerade as Merriweather for much longer.The comedy comes fast and frantic in Mister Cinderella, from Hal Roach Studios.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Hal Roach Studios

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Cast

Joe Jenkins

Jack Haley

Patricia 'Pat' Randolph

Betty Furness

Watkins, Randolph's Butler

Arthur Treacher

Peter Randolph

Raymond Walburn

Mr. J.J. Gates

Robert McWade

Maizie Merriweather

Rosina Lawrence

Aloysius P. Merriweather

Monroe Owsley

Aunt Penelope 'Penny' Winfield

Kathleen Lockhart

Detective McNutt

Edward Brophy

Martha

Charlotte Wynters

Spike Nolan

Tom Dugan

Lil, Maizie's Friend

Iris Adrian

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7.6

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the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so layered that every frame has a comment to make about the world and every line of the dialogue, on the mores of the society. The craze for celebrities and the problems of leading a principled life are discussed without being preachy.