• Source: Quick Millions (1939 film)

      • Quick Millions is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St Clair and co-written by Buster Keaton, one of the series of seventeen 20th Century Studios Jones Family films beginning with Every Saturday Night (1936) and ending with On Their Own (1940).
      Spring Byington appeared in all seventeen; Jed Prouty in all but the last one. Quick Millions is one of the two Jones Family films with gags and a story line provided by Keaton, briefly moonlighting from MGM for his old friend Malcolm St. Clair, tdirector of seven in Jones Family series.


      Plot


      After returning from an adventure in Hollywood, patriarch Jones na d his clan discover they have inherited a gold mine from his uncle Ezra. When the family travels to the Grand Canyon to inspect the claim, they are approached by swindlers, who assure them that they have inherited a rich gold mine. At the remote mountain cabin, John Jones and his brood discover no fortune. Mr. Jones is almost fleeced by a fraudulent collector of Indian artifacts, and is soon mistaken for a notorious bank robber by the local sheriff. Son Jack and daughter Lucy seek romance with undesirables. After a number of misadventures, the Jones' safely escape back to their small town.


      Cast


      Jed Prouty as John Jones
      Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones
      Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones
      George Ernest as Roger Jones
      June Carlson as Lucy Jones
      Florence Roberts as Granny Jones
      Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones
      Eddie Collins as Henry 'Beaver' Howard
      Robert Shaw as National Park Ranger Barry Frazier
      Helen Ericson as Daisy Landers
      Marvin Stephens as Tommy McGuire
      Paul Hurst as Sheriff
      John T. Murray as Professor Pete Mathews
      George Lynn as H. Jenkins 'Hank' Pierson
      Horace McMahon as Floyd 'Bat' Douglas
      John Sheehan as Fire Chief
      Eddie Dunn as Deputy Sheriff
      George Guhl as Deputy and Jailer
      Billy Griffith as Druggist
      Edwin Gaffney as Gas Station Attendant
      Edward McWade as Storekeeper
      Arthur Rankin as Notary
      Clarence Wilson as Assayer
      Douglas Gerrard as Indian


      Reception


      Frank Nugent in the New York Times rates Quick Millions "the weakest entertainment to date" in the Jones Family saga, but finds merit in vaudevillian Eddie Collins in the role of Henry "Beaver" Howard, "who practically steals the show."


      Film archival status


      Film archivist Ruth Anne Dwyer reports that a copy of Quick Millions exists only on "delicate nitrate stock," and, as such, is unavailable for viewing.
      And yet you can see Quick Millions here, [1]


      Notes




      References


      Dwyer, Ruth Anne. 1996. Malcolm St. Clair: His Films, 1915–1948. Filmmakers Series, No. 38. The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD & London. ISBN 0-8108-2709-3
      Nugent, Frank S.. 1939. THE SCREEN: FOUR FILMS IN REVIEW; FEATURED IN NEW PICTURES HERE. New York Times, September 22, 1939. https://www.nytimes.com/1939/09/22/archives/the-screen-four-films-in-review-featured-in-new-pictures-here.html Retrieved 17 June, 2024.


      External links


      Quick Millions at IMDb
      Quick Millions at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
      Quick Millions https://ok.ru/video/1615272872543

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