Scattergood Baines

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Scattergood Baines
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Directed by Christy Cabanne
Written by Michael L. Simmons
Produced by Jerrold T. Brandt
Starring Guy Kibbee
Carol Hughes
John Archer
Cinematography Jack MacKenzie
Edited by Henry Berman
Production
company
Pyramid Productions
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • February 21, 1941 (1941-2-21)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Scattergood Baines is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes and John Archer. [1] It is based on a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland. The character of Scattergood was also popular during the days of live radio. [2] Five other Scattergood Baines films, all starring Guy Kibbee, were subsequently made including Scattergood Pulls the Strings and Scattergood Meets Broadway which were released later the same year.

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Plot

Scattergood Baines chooses the small New England town of Cold River to settle down in. Twenty years later, he has outmaneuvered the townspeople both when it comes to large matters (ownership of the local railroad) and small (the pretty new schoolteacher's hair).

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Background

The homespun but canny Baines was originally created by popular writer Clarence Budington Kelland in stories for The Saturday Evening Post , and a radio version ran from 1938 through 1950.

References

  1. ↑ Fetrow p.428
  2. ↑ Erickson p.179

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