Welcome Home (1935 film)

Welcome Home is a 1935 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Marion Orth and Paul Girard Smith. The film stars James Dunn, Arline Judge, Raymond Walburn, Rosina Lawrence, William Frawley and Charles Sellon. The film was released on August 9, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Elmdale's chamber of commerce is all but broke. A decision is made to spend what remains of the budget on a reunion that hopefully will entice one of America's wealthiest men, Andrew Anstruther, to return to the place of his birth and build a new factory there.

Con men get wind of it. Dickie Foster, a gambler, is one. He and his partners, a fake bond salesman, Giltedge, and a gold-tooth-stealing dentist called Painless, have already taken the town for $10,000 in bogus bonds. "Gorgeous," his girlfriend, believes in Dickie, but when he goes to Elmdale, he becomes smitten with local girl Susan Adams.

Anstruther takes a liking to Dickie, but Giltedge bilks the millionaire out of $36,000 for worthless bonds. Dickie bets on a horse for Susan's sake to win the money back, but the horse loses. The crooks are charged with murder after Anstruther vanishes, but he turns up just in time to vouch for Dickie as a friend. After he learns Susan has a boyfriend, Dickie goes back to the arms of Gorgeous, who tells him, "Welcome home."

Cast

• James Dunn as Richard Foster
• Arline Judge as Gorgeous
• Raymond Walburn as Giltedge
• Rosina Lawrence as Susan Adams
• William Frawley as Painless
• Charles Sellon as Andrew Anstruther
• Charles Ray as Andrew Carr
• Frank Melton as Willis Parker
• George Meeker as Edward Adams
• James Burke as Michael Shaughnessy
• Arthur Hoyt as Titwillow
• Dave O'Brien as Stanley Phillips
• Spencer Charters as Constable Mulhausen
• Harry Holman as Flink
• Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Edwards

References

External links

• Welcome Home at the Internet Movie Database