| Grandpa Goes to Town | |
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| Directed by | Gus Meins |
| Screenplay by | Jack Townley |
| Produced by | Gus Meins |
| Starring | James Gleason Lucile Gleason Russell Gleason Harry Davenport Lois Ranson Maxie Rosenbloom |
| Cinematography | Reggie Lanning |
| Edited by | Murray Seldeen |
| Music by | William Lava Paul Sawtell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Grandpa Goes to Town is a 1940 Americancomedy film directed byGus Meins and written byJack Townley. The film starsJames Gleason,Lucile Gleason,Russell Gleason,Harry Davenport,Lois Ranson andMaxie Rosenbloom. The film was released on April 14, 1940, byRepublic Pictures.[1][2][3]
After selling their house, the Higgins family is convinced by a crafty real estate agent to invest the proceeds in a hotel atCoyote Wells,Nevada, sight unseen. Upon arriving at their new establishment, the Higginses find that what has been described as a thriving western community is actually aghost town, inhabited by a gang ofmobsters fleeing from the law. Things look bleak until two film actors, dressed as prospectors, appear in town and the Higginses mistake them for realgold miners and spread word of agold strike. This announcement results in a rush of miners which transforms Coyote Wells into a boom town and the Higgins' hotel into a profitable enterprise. Their prosperity is short lived however, when the miners fail to discover gold and decide tolynch the family. Grandpa saves their hides bysalting the abandoned mine with gold dust, but as he leaves the mine, he accidentally sets off a stick ofdynamite. Hurrying back to Apache Wells, Grandpa rounds up the prospectors and takes them back to the mine where, much to everyone'samazement, Grandpa discovers that the explosion has uncovered a rich vein of gold. As the miners prepare to rush to the land office to file their claims, Mugsy, the head of the gangsters, pulls a gun and announces that he is holding everyonehostage until his men can file a claim on the mine. All seems lost until Grandpa mounts an old nag andgallops into town, where he convinces themovie extras, costumed asIndians, to stage a raid on the gangsters and free the miners.[4]
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