The Jones Family in Hollywood

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The Jones Family in Hollywood
The Jones Family in Hollywood poster.jpg
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Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Screenplay byHarold Tarshis
Story by Joseph Hoffman
Buster Keaton
Produced byJohn Stone
Starring Jed Prouty
Spring Byington
Kenneth Howell
George Ernest
June Carlson
Florence Roberts
Cinematography Edward Snyder
Edited by Fred Allen
Music byGene Rose
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 2, 1939 (1939-06-02)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Jones Family in Hollywood is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Harold Tarshis. The film stars Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Kenneth Howell, George Ernest, June Carlson and Florence Roberts. It was released on June 2, 1939 by 20th Century Fox. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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The film is one of 17 in the Jones Family B-movie series, the first seven of which were directed by St. Clair. [5]

Plot

Mr. Jones (Jed Prouty) decides to attend an American Legion meeting in Hollywood, and takes his whole family along. His teenage daughter Lucy (June Carlson) is thrilled by the romantic advances by a would-be movie star and cad, Tommy Mcguire (Marvin Stephens), who gets her a screen test. The test is a disaster, and the Jones family wanders through the studio, upsetting actors, directors and technicians. A happy ending is provided. [6]

Cast

Notes

  1. "The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  2. Sandra Brennan. "The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939) - Malcolm St. Clair | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  3. "The Jones Family in Hollywood". Afi.com. 1939-02-06. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  4. Dwyer, 1996 p. 42, p. 57n6
  5. Dwyer, 1996 p. 147: “...seventeen Jones Family films in the series…” And p. 228: Filmography
  6. Dwyer, 1996 p. 228: Filmography, plot synopsis

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