Four Days Wonder (1936)
Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective stories. When a real murder occurs in the vicinity, Judy insists upon playing sleuth, dragging teenaged astronomer Tom Fenton into her Sherlock shenanigans.
- Date of release
- 1936-12-03
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- Sidney Salkow
Casting
- Jeanne Dante — Judy Widdell
- Kenneth Howell — Tom Fenton
- Martha Sleeper — Nancy Fairbrother
- Alan Mowbray — Archibald Fenton
- Walter Catlett — Duffy
- Charles Williams — Kasky
- Margaret Irving — Aunt Jessica
- Murray Kinnell — Morris
- Spencer Charters — Gilroy
- Rollo Lloyd — The Tramp
Interesting facts
- Based on: Four Days Wonder
Four Days' Wonder is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Jeanne Dante, Kenneth Howell and Martha Sleeper. Produced by Universal Pictures, the film is based on the 1933 novel "Four Days' Wonder" by British writer A. A. Milne. It was the first feature directed by Sidney Salkow.
Production
Filming started 5 August 1936. Star Jeanne Dante was on Broadway in Call It a Day.
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