Based on the Li’l Abner comic strip, the most eligible bachelor in Dogpatch finds himself engaged to two women! The Sadie Hawkins Race will determine who’s the lucky woman! Won’t it?
Li’l Abner (1940) starring Jeff York, Martha Driscoll, Kay Sutton
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Product Description
Li’l Abner, the classic comic strip that delighted America for decades, arrives on the big screen for the first time in this 1940 Vogue Pictures production. With a cast led by Buster Keaton (Lonesome Polecat) and Martha O’Driscoll (Daisy Mae), Abner, Ma & Pa Yokum, Hairless Joe, Marryin’ Sam and all of the other delightful denizens of Dogpatch U.S.A. are brought to life.
Li’l Abner, the handsomest most eligible bachelor in Dogpatch, is hotly pursued by buxom blonde Daisy Mae. But with Mammy Yokum stuffing him with vast piles of pork chops daily, Abner sees no need for a wife. One day, after devouring a huge sandwich, Abner suffers terrible stomach pains. Trekking to town, he mistakes a white-coated barber for a doctor. Deciding to have some fun with the yokel, the barber announces that the boy has just 24 hours to live. Realizing that he will be dead by tomorrow, Abner promises to marry both Daisy Mae and sexy Cousin Delightful. When the fateful hour passes, he finds himself very much alive with two irate women on his hands. The judge decrees that the matter will be settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race – whichever woman can catch Li’l Abner and drag him across the finish line, will be his wife.
Cast of characters
- Jeff York (The Paleface, Blondie’s Holiday) … Li’l Abner Yokum (as Granville Owen)
- Martha O’Driscoll (House of Dracula) … Daisy Mae Scragg
- Mona Ray (Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1927) … Pansy ‘Mammy’ Yokum
- Johnnie Morris (Luckiest Girl in the World) … Lucifer ‘Pappy’ Yokum
- Buster Keaton (Sherlock Jr., Seven Chances) … Lonesome Polecat
- Billie Seward (One Crowded Night) … Cousin Delightful
- Kay Sutton (The Mad Miss Manton) … Wendy Wilecat
- Maude Eburne (The Vampire Bat) … Granny Scragg
- Johnny Arthur (The Monster) … Montague
- Walter Catlett (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) … Barber
- Edgar Kennedy (Duck Soup) … Cornelius Cornpone
- Lucien Littlefield (One Body Too Many) … The Sheriff / Mr. Oldtimer
- Charles A. Post (Wild Oranges) … Earthquake McGoon
- Bud Jamison (The Champion, A Ducking They Did Go) … Hairless Joe
- Frank Wilder (Man from Rainbow Valley) … Abijah Gooch
- Chester Conklin (The Great Dictator, Dough and Dynamite) … Mayor Gurgle
- Dick Elliott (Springtime in the Rockies) … Marryin’ Sam
Secondary characters
- Mickey Daniels (The Buccaneers 1926) … Cicero Grunts
- Doodles Weaver (A Girl a Guy and a Gob) … Hannibal Hoops
- Marie Blake (The Addams Family) … Miss Lulubell
- Renie Riano (Pajama Party) … Sarah Jones
- Al St. John (Caught in a Cabaret) … Joe Smithpan
- Eddie Gribbon (The Great Dictator, The Bat 1926) … Barney Bargrease
- Heinie Conklin (The Passionate Plumber) … Bachelor – Sadie Hawkins Day Race
- Hank Mann (Spite Marriage) … Bachelor – Sadie Hawkins Day Race
- Eddie Borden … Bachelor
- Victor Potel … Fantastic Brown
- Joan Standing … Kitty Hoops
- Salomey the Pig … Salomey
- Billy Bevan (Hoboken to Hollywood) … Bandleader (uncredited)
- Ed Brady (Champagne for Caesar) … Townsman (uncredited)
- Douglas Deems … Townsman (uncredited)
- Tiny Jones … Townswoman (uncredited)
- Louise Keaton (Steamboat Bill Jr.) … Determined Woman at Bachelor Parade (uncredited)
- Jim Mason … Townsman (uncredited)
- George Morris … Wash-Tub Bass Player (uncredited)
- Blanche Payson (Ghosts on the Loose) … Large Woman (uncredited)
