THE NUT FARM (1935) Wallace Ford, Betty Alden & Florence Roberts | Comedy | B&W
The Nut Farm is a 1935 American film directed by Melville W. Brown, adapted from the John Charles Brownell Broadway play of the same name, which ran for 40 performances from 14 Oct.-Nov. 1929 at the Biltmore Theater (now the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre). Wallace Ford is the titled star and the only cast-member common to the play and film. According to the New York Times film review, other than Ford, "There is not much else for it to boast about."
SYNOPSIS
Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen and her brother Willie Barton dream of being in the movies: Helen as a star, Willie as a director. Film-producing con-artists descend on the family, and comedy ensues.
Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is taken in by a group of scam artists who promise to make her a star. Helen's brother Willie tries to prevent her and Bob from losing all their money to the scam artists.
CAST & CREW
Wallace Ford as Willie Barton
Betty Alden as Helen Barton Brent
Florence Roberts as Ma Barton
Spencer Charters as Sliscomb
Oscar Apfel as Bob Bent
Bradley Page as Hamilton T. Holland
Lorin Raker as Biddleford
Arnold Gray as Eustace Van Norton
Joan Gale as Agatha Sliscomb
Directed by Melville W. Brown
Written by George Waggner (adaption and screenplay), John C. Brownell (based on his play: The Nut Farm)
Produced by William T. Lackey
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited by Carl Pierson
Release date 1935
Running time 65 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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