Love on a Budget
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“YOUNG LOVE HAS TROUBLE MAKING ENDS MEET...and Dad gets caught in between!”
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
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Part of Jones Family
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Cast
31 people
Jed Prouty
John Jones
Also in
Guilty Bystander
Pot o' Gold
Spring Byington
Louise Jones
Known for
Meet John Doe
You Can't Take It with You
Robert Ellis
Sol M Wurtzel
Herbert I. Leeds
Shirley Deane
Bonnie Jones Thompson
Also in
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Undercover Agent
Helen Logan
Russell Gleason
Herbert Thompson
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Alan Dinehart
Uncle Charles Dixon
Also in
Supernatural
The Sin of Nora Moran
Florence Roberts
Granny Ida Jones
Known for
Babes in Toyland
Les Misérables
Kenneth Howell
Jack Jones
Also in
The Wrong Way Out
Ball of Fire
George Ernest
Roger Jones
Also in
The Star Witness
Lady Behave!
Herbert I. Leeds Director · Robert Ellis Writer Helen Logan Writer
United States release March 4, 1938 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 4, 1938
Theatrical
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