There's One Born Every Minute
“GYPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK!”
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A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
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Edited by Maurice WrightShot by John W Boyle
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Hugh Herbert
as Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
Peggy Moran
as Helen Barbara Twine
Tom Brown
as Jimmy Hanagan
Guy Kibbee
as Lester Cadwalader, Sr.
Catherine Doucet
as Minerva Twine
Edgar Kennedy
as Mayor Moe Carson
William Henry
as Lester Cadwalader Jr.
Gus Schilling
as Professor Asa Quisenberry
Elizabeth Taylor
as Gloria Twine
Charles Halton
as Trumbull
Elizabeth Taylor Nm0000072
as Gloria Twine
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