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Scattergood Baines (1941)

Scattergood Baines poster
Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A clever and kind small-town storekeeper helps his neighbors solve their problems. The story follows his good-natured schemes and interactions with the local community.

lightheartedwhimsicalcheerfulquirkyfolksysentimentalupbeat

What happens

Scattergood Baines is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes and John Archer. It is based on a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland. The character of Scattergood was also popular during the days of live radio. Five other Scattergood Baines films, all starring Guy Kibbee, were subsequently made including Scattergood Pulls the Strings and Scattergood Meets Broadway which were released later the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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