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
Max Terhune
Applegate
Lynne Roberts
Edith Summers
Joseph Crehan
Tom Fowler
Ralph Staub
Director
Dorothy Page
Mrs. Hayes
Gordon Kahn
Writer
Dewey Robinson
Greengable
Hal Yates
Writer
Julius Tannen
C. Preston Simms
Paul Gerard Smith
Writer
Frank Rowan
Writer
Sammy McKim
Boy
Ernest Miller
Cinematographer
Details.
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.