Bringing Up Father (1946 film)
Bringing Up Father is a 1946 American comedy film, based on the comic strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus, about the adventures of the social-climbing Maggie and her long-suffering husband Jiggs. Here, one of Maggie's society friends enlists her help in getting an undesirable tenant evicted, a tenant who turns out to be Jiggs himself. Meanwhile Jiggs rounds up his friends from the bar to defend his turf.
| Bringing Up Father | |
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| Directed by | Edward F. Cline |
| Written by | Jerry Warner (screenplay) |
| Starring | Joe Yule Renie Riano |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 65 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
McManus briefly appears here as himself. This 1946 production is subsequent to a number of previous Maggie and Jiggs movies, both animated and live-action, notably a silent 1928 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway. This one was successful enough to inspire four more Monogram sequels:
- Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1948)
- Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
- Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
- Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)
All five of these featured former vaudevillian Joe Yule (father of Mickey Rooney) as Jiggs, and were his final films.
Cast
- Joe Yule as Jiggs
- Renie Riano as Maggie Jiggs
- Tim Ryan as Dinty Moore
- June Harrison as Nora Jiggs
- Wallace Chadwell as Danny
- Tom Kennedy as Murphy
- Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Kermishaw
- William Frambes as Junior Kermishaw
- Pat Goldin as Dugan
- Jack Norton as Norton
- Ferris Taylor as F. Newson Kermishaw
- Tom Dugan as Hod Carrier
- Joe Devlin as Casey
- Fred Kelsey as Tom
- Charles C. Wilson as Frank
- Bob Carleton as Pianist
- George McManus as Himself