Mama Runs Wild (1937)
1h 7m
Running Time
December 22, 1937Release Date
Mama Runs Wild (1937)
1h 7m
Running Time
December 22, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank robbers after walking into the bank during the robbery and one of the robbers, in taking money from her purse, left his fingerprints on the purse. She is made an honorary police captain and, with her society sisters sets about "keeping lawlessness" out of the town. From that point on, life becomes miserable for her hen-pecked husband Calvin (Ernest Truex).
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Cast & Crew.
Mary Boland
Alice Summers
Ernest Truex
Ernest Summers
William Henry
Paul Fowler
Lynne Roberts
Edith Summers (as Lynn Roberts)
Max Terhune
Applegate
Joseph Crehan
Tom Fowler
Dorothy Page
Mrs. Hayes
Dewey Robinson
Greengable
Julius Tannen
C. Preston Simms
Sammy McKim
Boy
John Sheehan
Snodey
James C. Morton
Adams
Dora Clement
Dowager (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Peggy McKim
Young Girl (uncredited)
Murray Seldeen
Supervising Editor
Details.
Release DateDecember 22, 1937
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 7m
Genres
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Wiki.
Mama Runs Wild is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ralph Staub and written by Gordon Kahn and Hal Yates. The film stars Mary Boland, Ernest Truex, William "Bill" Henry, Lynne Roberts, Max Terhune and Joseph Crehan. The film was released on December 22, 1937, by Republic Pictures.