Jiggs and Maggie or Bringing Up Father Movies
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- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoGeorge McManusThe family heads to the Wild West when Maggie's grandfather passes away and leaves her his gold mine, near the town of Gower Gulch. When they get to town, however, they discover that they don't know quite where grandpa's gold is (even though his ghost is trying to help), and furthermore a mysterious "Big Boss" is out to prevent them from finding it.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoGeorge McManusWith Maggie laid low with sneezing fits, Jiggs spends his time listening to radio trivia contests. Maggie, an inveterate social climber, wants to join the prestigious Northchester Hunt Club, and sends them a check for the $38,000 membership fee. When Jiggs finds out, he manages--after a struggle with Maggie--to take care of the check. Consoling himself at his favorite bar, he's convinced by his drinking buddies that the way to make up with Maggie is to buy her a racehorse that is coming up for auction. He does, only to discover that a doctor has told Maggie that her sneezing fits are due to a rare allergy she has--to horses. Complications ensue.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoGeorge McManusMaggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the cartoon character in the George McManus comic strip "Bringing Up Father." She visits McManus in his studio office and tries to persuade him to stop drawing the syndicated comic-strip. He tells her he will...in 1959. Maggie, not getting any younger, retains counsel and takes McManus to court.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoTim RyanMaggie attempts to crash into Manhattan's high society, while Jiggs still hangs with his working class bar buddies. Van De Graft notifies Maggie that her family has upper class history, and she uses this knowledge to attend society events.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoTim RyanMaggie and her snooty society friends fool Jiggs and his buddies down at Dinty's tavern into not only signing a petition to close the bar, but they also trick them into taking the "temperaance" pledge to forsake all alcohol.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsEino JurkkaVerna PiponiusTuro KarttoPopular US comic Irish cartoon characters Jiggs and Maggie were syndicated in the Scandinavian countries and here become Vihtori and Klaara, with some of the strip's gags transplanted to slapstick style live action.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsMarie DresslerPolly MoranJ. Farrell MacDonaldThe wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.
- DirectorReggie MorrisStarsJohnny RayMargaret CullingtonLaura La PlanteJiggs is reluctantly drawn to a social affair by his wife, who has aspirations for high life. Jiggs gets in bad and is invited to leave. He returns later with a live lion and takes his revenge by scaring the guests half to death.