The Headleys at Home

Nov 1, 1938

1h 9m

★ 10.0

Overview

In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that her husband invite a renowned financier, who is new in town, to their house for dinner. Her husband doesn't know the man, and is too intimidated to ask him; instead, he hires an actor to play him.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Standard Pictures Corp.

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Cast

Pamela Headley

Evelyn Venable

Ernest Headley

Grant Mitchell

Bide Murphy

Robert Whitney

Louisa Headley

Betty Roadman

Vince Bergson

Vince Barnett

Dr. McLevy

Benny Rubin

Alicia Headley

Alicia Adams

Hyacinth

Louise Beavers

Smooth Adair

Kenneth Harlan

Van Wyck Schuyler

Edward Earle

Rowland Perkins

Jack Hatfield

Mrs. Brown

Ethel Clark

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