$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)

Directors

James P. Hogan

Cast

Joe E. Brown

The story

Marlowe Mansfield Booth, the heir of an illustrious stage family, is a histrionic failure onstage because he loses his voice when faced with medium-to-large-sized audiences. While seeking a cure, he meets the love-starved Martha Madison, who runs a destitute drama school that she inherited from her relatives. Determined to keep the establishment from closing down and being converted into a shoe factory, Martha mortgages her house to pay her creditor, the stingy Mr.

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