$10 Raise

May 4, 1935

1h 11m

★ 8.0

It's no joking matter to ask for a raise, but this time you'll laugh your head off!

Overview

A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

$10 Raise Trailers

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Cast

Hubert T. Wilkins

Edward Everett Horton

Emily Converse

Karen Morley

Fuller

Alan Dinehart

Don Bates

Glen Boles

Mr. Bates

Berton Churchill

Dorothy Converse

Rosina Lawrence

Perry

Ray Walker

Clark

Frank Melton

Jimmy

William Benedict

Secretary (uncredited)

Lynn Bari

Bootblack (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Landlady (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

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