Mr. Washington Goes to Town

May 9, 1942

1h 4m

★ 3.0

YOU'LL BUST YOUR SIDES A-LAFFIN'

Overview

While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Dixie National Pictures Inc.

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Cast

Schenectady Washington

Mantan Moreland

Wallingford Montgomery

F.E. Miller

Lady Queenie

Marguerite Whitten

Brutus Blake

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer

Arthur Ray

[as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake

Zerita Stepteau

Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto

Monte Hawley

Old Crone Hotel Resident

Cleo Desmond

The Gorilla

Clarence Moorehouse

Invisible Man

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Bodyless Head

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Chambermaid

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