There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
Director:
Harold Young
Writers:
Brenda Weisberg, Robert B. Hunt.
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Hugh Herbert as Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine |
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Peggy Moran as Helen Barbara Twine |
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Tom Brown as Jimmy Hanagan |
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Guy Kibbee as Lester Cadwalader, Sr. |
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Catherine Doucet as Minerva Twine |
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Edgar Kennedy as Mayor Moe Carson |
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Gus Schilling as Professor Asa Quisenberry |
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Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria Twine |
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Charles Halton as Trumbull |
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Renie Riano as Miss Aphrodite Phipps |
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Carl Switzer as Junior Twine |
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Mel Ruick as Radio Announcer |
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Maude Eburne as Agatha |
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Harlan Briggs as Luke Simpson |
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Ralph Brooks as Man at the Meeting |
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Barbara Brown as Club Woman |
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Bess Flowers as Luncheon Attendee |
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Jack Gardner as Reporter |
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Eddie Hall as Man in Ice Cream Parlor Trying to Stop the Fight |
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Vinton Hayworth as Photographer |
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Nell O'Day as Antoinette |
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Ted Oliver as Reporter |
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Frankie Van as Busboy in Brawl |
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Claire Whitney as Mrs. Barstow |
| Directing | Harold Young | Director |
| Writing | Brenda Weisberg | Screenplay |
| Camera | John W. Boyle | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Maurice Wright | Editor |
| Writing | Robert B. Hunt | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert B. Hunt | Story |
| Production | Ken Goldsmith | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound |
