Jiggs and Maggie in Court

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Jiggs and Maggie in Court
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Joe Yule, Rene Riano, and George McManus
Directed by William Beaudine
Written by Edward F. Cline
Tim Ryan
George McManus
Barney Gerard
Produced byBarney Gerard
StarringJoe Yule
Renie Riano
George McManus
June Harrison
Cinematography L. William O'Connell
Edited by Ace Herman
Music by Edward J. Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMongram Pictures
Release date
  • December 12, 1948 (1948-12-12)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Jiggs and Maggie in Court is a 1948 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and George McManus. [1] It was the second of a series of four films featuring Yule and Riano as the title characters, in a spin-off from the 1946 film Bringing Up Father .

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Plot

Angry at being pointed out in the street by people who recognize her cartoon, Maggie takes the cartoonist to court to try to force him to stop drawing her.

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References

  1. Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press, 2005. p. 336. ISBN   0810852187.