Characters & Themes
Big Hearted Herbert (1934) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1934 · 60 mins · English
- Directed by
- William Keighley
- Starring
- Guy Kibbee, Robert Barrat, Henry O'Neill, Joseph Crehan, George Chandler, Marjorie Gateson
The long‑running Broadway hit that kept audiences in stitches for a full year centers on the curmudgeonly, stingy Herbert Kalness, who slams his daughter’s fiancé and his future in‑laws during a dinner party. Incensed, Mrs. Kalness plots a clever ruse to force her husband to learn proper manners.
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