Red Lights Ahead (1936)

Red Lights Ahead (1936)

RIOTOUS! The intriguing story of the reckless Wallaces...plunging rashly down the dizzy course of their mad life...never heeding danger signals! 1936-11-28 United States of America 70 Min. PG-13
5.2 4 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Andy Clyde is Grandpa Hopkins
Grandpa Hopkins
Lucile Gleason is Molly 'Ma' Wallace
Molly 'Ma' Wallace
Roger Imhof is Ed
Ed "Pa" Wallace
Ben Alexander is George Wallace
George Wallace
Ann Doran is Mary Wallace
Mary Wallace
Frank Coghlan Jr. is Willie Wallace
Willie Wallace
Paula Stone is Edna Wallace
Edna Wallace
Jack Randall is Nordingham
Nordingham
Sam Flint is Franklin Q. Whitney
Franklin Q. Whitney
Eleanor Stewart is Celeste - the Maid
Celeste - the Maid