''The Good Fellows'' is a 1943 American

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directed by Jo Graham and written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. and

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. The film stars

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, James Brown,

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and

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. The film was released on August 11, 1943, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Jim Hilton devotes too much time to his lodge membership and too little to his real-estate business. He lets daughter Ethel handle a potential purchase of the Draytons' riverfront property, whereupon she develops a romantic interest in the Draytons' son, Tom. Jim inadvertently commits money he doesn't have to his lodge's hosting a convention. At dinner, he persuades Mr. Drayton to join the lodge and pay a $2,000 admittance fee, then uses the money for his own purposes. The family runs out of patience with Jim's ways, and only daughter Sprat's disappearance brings him to his senses, at least temporarily.

Cast

as Jim Hilton *

as Ethel Hilton *

as Miss Kent * James Brown as Tom Drayton *

as Sprat *

as Mary Hilton * Douglas Wood as John Drayton *

Norma Varden Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career. Life and career Early life Born in London, the daughter of a retired sea captain ...

as Mrs. Drayton *

Olin Howland Olin Ross Howland (February 10, 1886 – September 20, 1959) was an American film and theatre actor. Life and career Howland was born in Denver, Colorado, to Joby A. Howland, one of the youngest enlisted participants in the Civil War, an ...

as Reynolds *

Tom Fadden Tom Fadden (January 6, 1895 – April 14, 1980) was an American actor. He performed on the legitimate stage, vaudeville, in films and on television during his long career. Early life Fadden was born in Bayard, Iowa, on January 6, 1895; his fath ...

as Harvey * William B. Davidson as Blake

References

External links

* 1943 films Paramount Pictures films American comedy films 1943 comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Jo Graham 1940s American films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub