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Big Hearted Herbert
“The hit that kept Broadway laughing for one solid year!”
57%
Movie
1h 0m
AI Analysis
Big Hearted Herbert (1934) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Big Hearted Herbert (1934) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~60 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Big Hearted Herbert 57% (3 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
57%
from 3 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1934-10-06
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- TMDB rating
- 5.7
- TMDB ID
- 139210
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What is Big Hearted Herbert about?
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.
Is there an AI analysis for Big Hearted Herbert?
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How long is the movie Big Hearted Herbert?
The official runtime for Big Hearted Herbert is approximately 60 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Aline MacMahon
Elizabeth Kalness

Guy Kibbee
Herbert Kalness

Patricia Ellis
Alice Kalness

Helen Lowell
Martha

Phillip Reed
Andrew Goodrich

Robert Barrat
Jim

Henry O'Neill
Goodrich Sr.

Marjorie Gateson
Amy Godrich

Nella Walker
Mrs. Goodrich

Junior Durkin
Junior Kainess
- J
Jay Ward
Robert Kainess

Claudia Coleman
Mrs. Havens

George Chandler
Murphy (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan
IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)

Gay Seabrook
Miss Plunket - Herberts Secretary (uncredited)

Hale Hamilton
Mr. Havens
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