Week Seventy-Eight
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"Penrod's Double Trouble" 1938 Sonny as Monk |
MOVIE NAME: PENROD'S DOUBLE TROUBLE
STUDIO: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
EXECTIVE PRODUCER: JACK L. WARNER and HAL B. WALLIS
PRODUCER: BRYAN FOY
DIRECTOR: LEWIS SEILER
DATE: 1938
TYPE: YOUTH, CRIME, COMEDY-DRAMA
CAST:
BILLY MAUCH as Penrod Schofield , BOBBY MAUCH as Danny Dugan, DICK PURCELL as Tex Boyden , GENE LOCKHART as Mr. Frank Schofield , KATHLEEN LOCKHART as Mrs. Schofield , HUGH O'CONNELL as Professor Caligostro, CHARLES HALTON as Mr. Bitts , BERNICE PILOT as Delia , JACKIE MORROW as Rodney Bitts , SONNY BUPP, as Monk
SOURCE: A F I, Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940
STORY: During a meeting of the Junior G-Men, headed by Penrod, the club votes to expunge Rodney Bitts. Listening in the loft of the barn, Rodney gets revenge by dropping a hornet's nest. The boys run out, but Rodney takes his time, feeling confidant wearing a beekeeper's outfit. Unfortunately, it gets caught on something and angry hornets chase him. Rodney rushes to his father and blames Penrod for stings. Mr. Schofield, Penrod's father was about to ask his boss for a raise, but Mr. Bitts holds him responsible for Penrod's actions and refuses to listen to his request. After returning home, Mr. Schofield demands an apology from Penrod and will not listen to his explanation. Penrod is forbidden to go to the carnival and is locked in his room. He escapes and goes to the carnival anyway. Mr. Scholfield finds him missing and heads to the carnival to punish him. Learning that his father is looking for him, Penrod hides in a balloon basket. Tex Boyden, a carnival worker, cuts the ropes holding the balloon to get even with his boss Professor Caligostro. When Penrod does not return that night, his distraught parents post a reward. Professor Caligostro finds Danny Dugan, a double for Penrod, and has him pretend to have amnesia long enough for the Professor to collect the reward. Only Duke, Penrod's dog, realizes that Danny is not Penrod. The Schofields throw a surprise birthday party for the boy they think is their son. Penrod, who has hitchhiked home, arrives in the middle of the party and sees Danny through the window. At the same time Danny sees Penrod. Feeling guilty, Danny tries to tell the truth, but the Schofields won't believe him. Meanwhile Penrod is captured by Tex and Caligostro and held in an abandoned house outside of town. Duke recognizes Penrod and follows him to the house. Penrod ties a note on duke and the dog runs back to the clubhouse, where Danny has told the other boys the truth. They follow Duke to the house, capture the criminals and release Penrod. Penrod and Danny rush to town to stop Caligostro from collecting the reward. Caligostro is arrested and the Schofields promise to take care of Danny.
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