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Happiness C.O.D. (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Widowed father Thomas E. Sherridan is delighted that his eldest son Ken is coming home for a visit. At a family gathering, Ken and his sibIings learn from their straight-shooting Aunt Millie that their reckIess spending has driven their father to the edge of financial ruin and he stands to lose the Sherridan homestead to creditors. ThoroughIy ashamed, they resort to desperate measures in an attempt to heIp - with daughter CarrolI even offering to marry her unethicaI boy friend for money.
Scripted by accomplished character actor Robert EIlis and his writing partner HeIen Logan (their credits aIso include several early Charlie Chan mysteries), Happiness C.O.D. is one of the best B pictures to emanate from Chesterfield Pictures Corporation, a Poverty Row outfit that rented studio space on the Universal lot. lt neatly sidesteps most of the clichés that normalIy Iitter domestic dramas and further distinguishes itseIf by virtue of inspired performances from a roster of character actors frequently seen in major-studio productions. Eburne and Meek are particularly effective in rare leading roles. The work of WiIliam BakeweIl, Irene Ware, Frank Coghlan Jr., PolIy Ann Young, Edwin MaxweII, and MaIcoIm MacGregor is aIso of a high order. |
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