Tillie the Toiler (1941 film)
{{short description|1941 US film directed by Sidney Salkow}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Tillie the Toiler
| image = File:Tillie the Toiler (1941 film).jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Sidney Salkow
| producer = Ralph Cohn
| writer =
| screenplay = Karen DeWolf
Francis Martin
| story = Karen DeWolf
| based_on = {{Based on|the comic strip, Tillie the Toiler|Russ Westover}}
| starring = Kay Harris
William Tracy
Daphne Pollard
| narrator =
| music = M. W. Stoloff
| cinematography = Henry Freulich
Philip Tannura
| editing = Gene Milford
Arthur Seid
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1941|8|7|US|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26966 | title=Tillie the Toiler: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= September 12, 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614172523/http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26966 | url-status=live | archivedate=June 14, 2017}}}}
| runtime = 67 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Tillie the Toiler is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Kay Harris, William Tracy, and Daphne Pollard. The screenplay was written by Karen DeWolf and Francis Martin, from DeWolf's story, which in turn was based on the comic strip of the same name by Russ Westover.{{cite book |last1=Blottner |first1=Gene |title=Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786486724 |chapter=Tillie the Toiler}} It was the second film based on the comic strip, and the first sound picture, the other being the 1927 silent film also titled Tillie the Toiler.
Cast list
- Kay Harris as Tillie Jones
- William Tracy as Clarence "Mac" MacDougall
- George Watts as Simpkins
- Daphne Pollard as Mumsy
- Jack Arnold as Wally Whipple
- Marjorie Reynolds as Bubbles
- Bennie Bartlett as Glennie
- Stanley Brown as Ted Williams
- Ernest Truex as George Winker
- Franklin Pangborn as Perry Tweedale
- Sylvia Field as Teacher
- Edward Gargan as Policeman
- Ralph Dunn as Policeman
- Harry Tyler as Pop
- Harry C. Bradley as Man in derby
- Netta Packer as Miss Wilson
- Ben Hall as Messenger boy
- Bruce Bennett as Tom
- Harry Anderson as Workman
- Eddie Laughton as Delivery man
- Arthur Stuart Hull as Little man
- Mary Ainslee as Stella
- Claire DuBrey as Stella's mother
- Louise Currie as Mrs. Williams
- Joe McGuinn as Stage manager
- Larry Williams as Jim
- Charles Gordon as Young man
- Richard Crane as Young man
- Richard Keene as Ronald
- Robert Kent as George
References
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Bibliography
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0034294}}
- {{Tcmdb title|93335}}
- {{AFI film|26966}}
{{Sidney Salkow}}
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American comedy films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films based on American comics
Category:Films based on comic strips