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There's One Born Every Minute
“GYPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK!”
7.9 / 10• 1942• 1h 0m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
Cast & Crew
Hugh Herbert
Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
Lead
Peggy Moran
Helen Barbara Twine
Tom Brown
Jimmy Hanagan
Guy Kibbee
Lester Cadwalader, Sr.
Catherine Doucet
Minerva Twine
Edgar Kennedy
Mayor Moe Carson
Gus Schilling
Professor Asa Quisenberry
Elizabeth Taylor
Gloria Twine
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harold Young's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. There's One Born Every Minute is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
