Red Lights Ahead (1936)
A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.
- Released
- 1936-11-28
- Genres
- Family, Comedy
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Roland D. Reed, Helen Logan, Robert Ellis
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Andy Clyde as Grandpa Hopkins
- Lucile Gleason as Molly 'Ma' Wallace
- Roger Imhof as Ed "Pa" Wallace
- Ben Alexander as George Wallace
- Ann Doran as Mary Wallace
- Frank Coghlan Jr. as Willie Wallace
- Paula Stone as Edna Wallace
- Jack Randall as Nordingham
- Sam Flint as Franklin Q. Whitney
- Eleanor Stewart as Celeste - the Maid
- Herbert Clifton as Perkins