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Big Hearted Herbert is a 1934 domestic comedy film starring Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee as a middle-aged couple. It is based on the Broadway play of the same name by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson, which was in turn based on the short story "Chin-Chin" by Kerr. It was remade in 1940 as Father Is a Prince.
Original Release
10/04/1934
US Release
10/06/1934
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Aline MacMahon | Elizabeth Kalness |
| Guy Kibbee | Herbert 'Big-Hearted' Kalness / Herbert Kalness |
| Patricia Ellis | Alice Kalness |
| Helen Lowell | Martha |
| Phillip Reed | Andrew Goodrich |
| Robert Barrat | Jim / Jim Lawrence |
| Henry O'Neill | Goodrich Sr. / Andrew Goodrich Sr. |
| Marjorie Gateson | Amy Lawrence / Amy Godrich |
| Nella Walker | Mrs. Goodrich |
| Junior Durkin | Junior Kalness / Junior Kainess |
Directors
Writers
Lillie Hayward, Ben Markson, Sophie Kerr, Anna Steese Richardson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Aline MacMahon | Elizabeth Kalness |
| Guy Kibbee | Herbert 'Big-Hearted' Kalness / Herbert Kalness |
| Patricia Ellis | Alice Kalness |
| Helen Lowell | Martha |
| Phillip Reed | Andrew Goodrich |
| Robert Barrat | Jim / Jim Lawrence |
| Henry O'Neill | Goodrich Sr. / Andrew Goodrich Sr. |
| Marjorie Gateson | Amy Lawrence / Amy Godrich |
| Nella Walker | Mrs. Goodrich |
| Junior Durkin | Junior Kalness / Junior Kainess |
| Jay Ward | Robert Kalness / Robert Kainess |
| Hale Hamilton | Mr. Havens |
| Claudia Coleman | Mrs. Havens |
| George Chandler | Murphy |
| Joseph Crehan | IRS Tax Investigator |
| Milton Kibbee | MacGregor |
| Gay Seabrook | Miss Plunkett - Herbert's Secretary |
