Doughnuts and Society

Director: Lewis D. Collins Lewis D. Collins

Overview

Doughnuts and Society is the first of several attempts by Republic Pictures to create a new screen team comparable to MGM's Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. In this one, Louise Fazenda and Maude Eburne are paired up as Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan, joint owners of a greasy-spoon diner. Unexpectedly striking it rich, Belle buys her way into high society, followed in short order by Kate, who has likewise increased her bank account with a revolutionary new invention. The humor lies in the contrasting behavior of the "400" and the rambunctious heroines, who spend most of their time trying to one-up each other. The romantic subplot concerns Kate's son Jerry (Eddie Nugent) and Belle's daughter Joan (Ann Rutherford), both of whom are extremely relieved when their mothers go broke and return to normal.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/25/2014
UPC:	0089218730091
Original Release:	1936
Source:	GOTHAM DIST. CORP..***
Language:	English
Sales rank:	59,862

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Louise Fazenda	Kate Flannagan
Maude Eburne	Belle Dugan
Eddie Nugent	Jerry Flannagan
Ann Rutherford	Joan Dugan
Hedda Hopper	Mrs. Murray Hill
Franklin Pangborn	Benson
Rafael Storm	Ivan Petroff
Harold Minjir	Hoyt
Olaf Hytten	Wellington
Robert Light	Bill
Claudelle Kaye	Miss Bradley
Smiley Burnette	Mover #2

Technical Credits

Matt Brooks

Wallace MacDonald

Robert St. Claire

Karen de Wolf

Gertrude Orr

Lewis D. Collins	Director
Nat Levine	Producer
Matt Brooks	Screenwriter
Wallace MacDonald	Screenwriter
Robert St. Claire	Screenwriter
Karen de Wolf	Screenwriter
Gertrude Orr	Screenwriter