Mr. Boggs Steps Out

Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Directed by	Gordon Wiles
Written by	Clarence Budington Kelland (story: Face the Facts); Richard English (screenplay)
Produced by	Ben Pivar (producer)
Cinematography	John Stumar
Edited by	Gene Milford; Guy V. Thayer Jr.
Production; company	Zion Myers Productions
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures
Release date	February 18, 1938;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mr. Boggs Steps Out is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles. The film is based on the Clarence Budington Kelland Saturday Evening Post short story Face the Facts. The working titles of the film were Face the Facts and Mr. Boggs Buys a Barrel.^[1]

Plot

Government statistician Oliver Boggs wins a large monetary prize from a cinema for correctly guessing the amount of beans in a barrel. His elder business associate advises him to leave his dead end depressing job and do something rewarding. When the pair's boss abuses the elder man, Boggs quits and decides to purchase a barrel manufacturing company in a small town. Boggs discovers that all the business in the town is dead due to the Great Depression. Boggs and his barrel company adviser Oleander Tubbs bring in a variety of unusual methods and ingenuity to bring prosperity to the town.

Cast

Stuart Erwin as Oliver Boggs
Helen Chandler as Oleander Tubbs
Toby Wing as Irene Lee
Tully Marshall as Morton Ross
Spencer Charters as Angus Tubbs
Otis Harlan as Abner Katz
Walter Byron as Dennis Andrews
Peter Potter as Bob DeBrette
Harry Tyler as Sam Mason
Milburn Stone as Burns
Nora Cecil as Widow Peddia
Harrison Greene as Mr. Pry
Elliot Fisher as Tommy Mason
Eddie Kane as Theatre Manager
Wilson Benge as The Butler
Mike Jeffries as Chauffeur
Isabel La Mal as Mrs. Mason
Betty Mack as Miss Feathrewell
Otto Hoffman as Jenkins

References

^ "Mr. Boggs Steps Out". afi.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024.

External links

Mr. Boggs Steps Out on YouTube
Mr. Boggs Steps Out at IMDb
Mr. Boggs Steps Out is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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