On Their Own
{{Short description|1940 film by Otto Brower}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = On Their Own
| image = Ontheirown1940.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| native_name =
| director = Otto Brower
| producer = Sol M. Wurtzel
| screenplay = Harold Buchman
Val Burton
| story = Val Burton
Jack Jungmeyer
Edith Skouras
| based_on =
| starring = Spring Byington
Kenneth Howell
George Ernest
June Carlson
Florence Roberts
Billy Mahan
| music = Samuel Kaylin
| cinematography = Arthur C. Miller
| editing = Nick DeMaggio
| studio = 20th Century-Fox
| distributor = 20th Century-Fox
| released = {{Film date|1940|5|17}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
On Their Own is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Otto Brower and written by Harold Buchman and Val Burton. This last of 17 Jones Family films stars Spring Byington, Kenneth Howell, George Ernest, June Carlson, Florence Roberts, and Billy Mahan. The film was released on May 17, 1940 by 20th Century-Fox.{{cite book|last=Rabkin|first=Leslie Y.|title=The Celluloid Couch: An Annotated International Filmography of the Mental Health Professional in the Movies and Television, from the Beginning to 1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XpZAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-3462-0|page=110}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/7771-ON-THEIROWN |title=On Their Own |publisher=AFI.com |date=1940-05-17 |access-date=2020-09-14}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85596/on-their-own |title=On Their Own (1940) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=2015-09-23}}
Plot
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Cast
- Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones
- Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones
- George Ernest as Roger Jones
- June Carlson as Lucy Jones
- Florence Roberts as Granny Jones
- Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones
- Marguerite Chapman as Margaret
- John Qualen as Peters
- Charles Judels as Giuseppe Galentoni
- Chick Chandler as Doc Duggan
- Forrester Harvey as Mr. Pim
- Isabel Randolph as Hortense Dingwell
- Walter Soderling as Mr. Flint
- William B. Davidson as Judge Bull
- Charles Lane as Johnson
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0032867}}
{{Otto Brower}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:Films directed by Otto Brower
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Samuel Kaylin
Category:1940s English-language films
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