Too Busy to Work

Too Busy to Work

64 mins | Comedy | Nov. 17, 1939

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.

Too Busy to Work

64 mins | Comedy | Nov. 17, 1939

Too Busy to Work
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Too Busy to Work
Directors Otto Brower
Writers Stanley Rauh, Helen Logan, Robert Ellis

Cast

Jed Prouty

as John Jones

Spring Byington

as Mrs. John Jones

Kenneth Howell

as Jack Jones

Florence Roberts

as Granny Jones

George Ernest

as Roger Jones

June Carlson

as Lucy Jones

Billy Mahan

as Bobby Jones

Joan Davis

as Lolly

Chick Chandler

as Cracker McGurk

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Randolph Russell

Andrew Tombes

as Wilbur Wentworth

Marvin Stephens

as Tommy McGuire

Irving Bacon

as Gilligan

Helen Ericson

as Betty

Harold Goodwin

as Raymond

Hooper Atchley

as Charles Carter

Sherry Hall

as Anbruster

George Melford

as Dugan

Eddie Acuff

as Stage Manager

Edwin Stanley

as Frazier

Jack Green

as Policeman

Paul E. Burns

as Tavern Keeper

Chester Clute

as Springer

Eddie Dunn

as Truck Driver

Wesley Giraud

as Messenger Boy

Gladden James

as Clerk in Drugstore

Dave Morris

as Baxter

Harry Strang

as Policeman

George Watts

as Jailer

Fred Kelsey

as Hank Fidler