The Merry Frinks is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert. It is also known by the alternative title of Happy Family.
Plot A put-upon mother inherits a fortune, on the condition that she abandon her deadbeat family. This spurs her family members to attempt to reform themselves in an effort to win her back.Hanson p.215
Cast Aline MacMahon as Hattie 'Mom' Frink Guy Kibbee as Uncle Newt Frink Hugh Herbert as Joe 'Poppa' Frink Allen Jenkins as Emmett Frink Helen Lowell as Amelia 'Grandma' Frink Joan Wheeler as Lucille Frink Frankie Darro as Norman Frink Ivan Lebedeff as Ramon Alvarez Harold Huber as Benny Lopez Louise Beavers as Camille, Hattie's Maid Maidel Turner as Mrs. Shinliver Harry Beresford as Mr. J. Harold Brumby Harry C. Bradley as Dr. Shinliver James Bush as Oliver Gilfin Charles Coleman as Witherspoon, Hattie's Butler Joan Sheldon as Frieda Shinliver Ethel Wales as United Charities Worker Edward Keane as Truant Officer Ivan Linow as Barkefky, the First Russian Michael Visaroff as Katzelmalov, the Second Russian Scotty Mattraw as Fat Man (uncredited)
References
Bibliography Hanson, Philip. This Side of Despair: How the Movies and American Life Intersected During the Great Depression. Associated University Presse, 2008.
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