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Red Lights Ahead

1936 Directed by Roland D. Reed

A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.

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Andy Clyde

Andy Clyde

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Grandpa Hopkins

Lucile Gleason

Lucile Gleason

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Molly 'Ma' Wallace

Roger Imhof

Roger Imhof

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Ed "Pa" Wallace

Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

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George Wallace

Ann Doran

Ann Doran

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Mary Wallace

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Frank Coghlan Jr.

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Willie Wallace

Paula Stone

Paula Stone

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Edna Wallace

70 minutes

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