Little Iodine (film)

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Little Iodine
Little Iodine poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Screenplay byRichard H. Landau
Based on Little Iodine
by Jimmy Hatlo
Produced byRalph Cohn
Charles Rogers
Starring Jo Ann Marlowe
Marc Cramer
Eve Whitney
Irene Ryan
Hobart Cavanaugh
Cinematography Robert Pittack
Edited by Lynn Harrison
Music byAlexander Steinert
Production
company
Comet Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • October 20, 1946 (1946-10-20)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Little Iodine is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Reginald Le Borg and written by Richard H. Landau. The film is based on the comic strip Little Iodine by Jimmy Hatlo. The film stars Jo Ann Marlowe, Marc Cramer, Eve Whitney, Irene Ryan, and Hobart Cavanaugh. Little Iodine was produced by Comet Productions and released on October 20, 1946, by United Artists . [1] [2] All prints of the film were believed to be destroyed after 10 years, effectively making it a lost film. [ citation needed ]

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Plot

Little Iodine (Marlowe) stays true to her comic strip nature in this film, where she does her best to break up the marriage of her parents “the Tremblechins” (Cavanaugh and Ryan), ruin a romance between Janis and Marc (Whitney and Cramer), and cost her father his job. Unlike her comic-based character, however, Iodine has a change of heart and sets out to right the wrongs. [3]

Cast

Production

Termed a “comic strip” picture, Little Iodine is adapted from the characters in Little Iodine created by Jimmy Hatlo. Halto also originated the popular panel feature They'll Do It Every Time . [4] Film historian Wheeler W. Dixon reports that director Reginald LeBorg “thought little of the project.” In an interview with Dixon in 1988, LeBorg remarked:

It was a cartoon. It was for teenagers. They wanted to get a new audience in at United Artists, so [producer] “Buddy” Rogers came up with the idea. [5]

Notes

  1. "Little Iodine (1946) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "Little Iodine". TV Guide. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. Dixon, 1992 p. 26: Plot synopsis
  4. Dixon, 1992 p. 26
  5. Dixon, 1992 p. 101: April 8, 1988 interview with Dixon, University of Nebraska, Film Studies.

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