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Too Busy to Work (1939)

Too Busy to Work poster
Directed by
Otto Brower
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family comedy about the Jones family juggling everyday mishaps. The father tries to avoid work while his household falls into amusing chaos.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalbreezycomedicfamily-orientednostalgic

What happens

Too Busy to Work is a 1939 American comedy film, directed by Otto Brower and starring Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, and Kenneth Howell. It was one of the Jones Family film series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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