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1941 film by Christy Cabanne

Scattergood Baines

Directed by	Christy Cabanne
Written by	Michael L. Simmons
Produced by	Jerrold T. Brandt
Starring	Guy Kibbee Carol Hughes John Archer
Cinematography	Jack MacKenzie
Edited by	Henry Berman
Production company	Pyramid Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	February 21, 1941 (1941-02-21)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Plot

Scattergood Baines chooses the small New England town of Cold River to settle down in. Twenty years later, he has outmaneuvered the townspeople both when it comes to large matters (ownership of the local railroad) and small (the pretty new schoolteacher's hair).

Cast

Guy Kibbee as Scattergood Baines
Carol Hughes as Helen Parker
John Archer as Johnny Bones
Dink Trout as Pliny Pickett
Emma Dunn as Mirandy Baines
Willie Best as Hipp
Fern Emmett as Clara Potts
Lee 'Lasses' White as Ed Potts
Kate Harrington as Gertrude Brown
Joseph Crehan as Keith
Edward Earle as Crane
Bradley Page as McKettrick
Paul White as Young Hipp
Earle Hodgins as Jim Barton

Background

The homespun but canny Baines was originally created by popular writer Clarence Budington Kelland in stories for The Saturday Evening Post, and a radio version ran from 1938 through 1950.

References

Fetrow p.428
Erickson p.179

Bibliography

Erickson, Hal. From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs. McFarland, 2014.
Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.

External links

Scattergood Baines at IMDb
Scattergood Baines at the TCM Movie Database

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v t e Clarence Budington Kelland's Scattergood Baines
Films	Scattergood Baines (1941) Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941) Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941) Scattergood Rides High (1942) Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942) Cinderella Swings It (1943)
Radio	Scattergood Baines

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