Here Comes Cookie

Here Comes Cookie

Year: 1935

Runtime: 65 mins

Language: English

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Comedy

A scatterbrained heiress welcomes a steady stream of out‑of‑work actors and vaudeville performers into her house, then ambitiously decides to mount her own theatrical production. Her sudden enterprise infuriates her father, her sister, and her sister’s boyfriend, who is secretly after the heiress’s inheritance.

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1

Fortune test document drafted

Harrison Allen and his secretary George Burns draw up a document that temporarily signs Harrison's fortune over to Gracie for sixty days to test Ramon del Ramos's avarice. The plan centers on Gracie's handling of the fortune while her suitor is under scrutiny.

before Harrison's vacation Harrison's mansion
2

Harrison leaves for vacation

Harrison goes back to his hometown for a vacation, leaving the test in Gracie's hands. The sixty-day period begins, with the family watching the scheme unfold.

Harrison's hometown
3

Gracie takes the plan to heart

Gracie takes her father's test seriously and proceeds to ruin the fortune and the home. She cuts George's salary, refuses to send money, and wrecks everyone's clothes, plunging the household into chaos.

during the sixty-day test period Harrison's mansion
4

Boardinghouse chaos

The mansion becomes a no-cost boardinghouse for hundreds of out-of-work actors and their animals, keeping everyone awake and scrambling for scraps. The domestic mess grows as the money disappears.

during the sixty-day test period Harrison's mansion
5

Gracie plans a theater inside the mansion

Gracie tears down parts of the mansion to build a private theater and plans to stage a show designed to bankrupt the family. The scheme aims to force Harrison to permit Gracie's marriage to Ramon as the price of relief.

during the sixty-day test period Harrison's mansion
6

Botts sells a trained seal

To raise funds, Botts the butler sells a trained seal to provide enough money to send Phyllis to Clarksville and to retrieve their father. The odd rescue effort underscores how far the household has fallen.

during the sixty-day test period Harrison's estate
7

Ramon pursues Gracie

Ramon learns Gracie controls all the money and begins to pursue her romantically, though Gracie naively decides to marry him. The tension between wealth and romance drives the plot forward.

during the sixty-day test period Around the mansion
8

Opening night of Gracie Allen's Flop

With the family impoverished, Harrison and Phyllis hitchhike part of the way home and reach the mansion's opening night of Gracie Allen's Flop. They are refused admittance, but they sneak inside and stumble onto Gracie's balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.

opening night Harrison's mansion theater
9

Hollywood telegrams arrive

Telegram from Hollywood arrive offering to hire Gracie as a producer after her show proves to be a big success. The industry interest marks a turning point for Gracie and the family's finances.

after opening night Harrison's mansion
10

George agrees to marry Gracie with a condition

At Harrison's insistence, George agrees to marry Gracie, but only on the condition that while she is on the West Coast, he remains in the East. The arrangement sets terms for their future romance and partnership.

after Hollywood offers Harrison's mansion
11

Ramon's pursuit continues

Ramon's pursuit continues even as Gracie's career shows promise; the wedding and fortune schemes remain entangled with money and romance. The outcome depends on how the two sides navigate distance and success.

throughout the period Around the mansion
12

Gracie's show grows in success

Gracie's show proves to be a big success, complicating the plan to bankrupt the family and press for marriage under coercive conditions. The newfound momentum creates leverage for Gracie and the family alike.

after opening night Harrison's mansion / Gracie's theater project
13

Conditional marriage finalized

George's geographic constraint becomes the formal framework for their marriage, tying the couple's future to where Gracie works. The plan inches toward its resolution as location dictates timing.

after the agreement Harrison's mansion

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