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There's One Born Every Minute

  • 1942
  • TMDB 7.9/10
  • 1h

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.

Overview

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

  • Hugh HerbertLemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
  • Peggy MoranHelen Barbara Twine
  • Tom BrownJimmy Hanagan
  • Guy KibbeeLester Cadwalader, Sr.
  • Catherine DoucetMinerva Twine
  • Edgar KennedyMayor Moe Carson
  • Gus SchillingProfessor Asa Quisenberry
  • Elizabeth TaylorGloria Twine

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