The Good Fellows Explained

The Good Fellows
Director:Jo Graham
Producer:Walter MacEwen
Screenplay:Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Howard Snyder
Starring:Cecil Kellaway
Helen Walker
Mabel Paige
James Brown
Patti Hale
Kathleen Lockhart
Music:Leo Shuken
Cinematography:Theodor Sparkuhl
Editing:Arthur P. Schmidt
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

The Good Fellows is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Jo Graham and written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Howard Snyder. The film stars Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown, Patti Hale and Kathleen Lockhart.[1] [2] The film was released on August 11, 1943, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Jim Hilton devotes too much time to his lodge membership and too little to his real-estate business. He lets daughter Ethel handle a potential purchase of the Draytons' riverfront property, whereupon she develops a romantic interest in the Draytons' son, Tom.

Jim inadvertently commits money he doesn't have to his lodge's hosting a convention. At dinner, he persuades Mr. Drayton to join the lodge and pay a $2,000 admittance fee, then uses the money for his own purposes. The family runs out of patience with Jim's ways, and only daughter Sprat's disappearance brings him to his senses, at least temporarily.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Good Fellows (1943) - Overview . TCM.com . 2015-07-01.
  2. Web site: The-Good-Fellows - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325123501/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/93571/The-Good-Fellows/overview . dead . 2016-03-25 . Movies & TV Dept. . . Hal Erickson . Hal Erickson (author) . 2016 . 2015-07-01.