FRECKLES (DVD) DVD

Freckles Comes Home
The bucolic, down-home novels and short stories of Gene Stratton-Porter had been fodder for Monogram's screenwriting staff ever since the early 1930s. This cinemazation of Stratton-Porter's Freckles Comes Home stars Johnny Downs as the title character, who returns from college to his sedentary home town. Freckles' efforts to bring the community kicking and screaming into the 20th century somehow require him to tackle a group of gangsters who've taken up residence for the purpose of knocking off the town's bank. Every so often, the story stops dead in its tracks to permit black comedian Mantan Moreland to indulge in one of his famous "interrupted conversation" routines; they're the highlight of the picture. Seen as Johnny Downs' hometown sweetheart is Gale Storm, who does some of her best acting to date as the bank president's daughter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Johnny Downs as Freckles Gale Storm as Jane Mantan Moreland as Jeff Bradley Page as Quigley Betty Blythe as Mrs. Potter Marvin Stephens as Danny Walter Sande as Leach Max Hoffman Jr. as Hymie Lawrence Criner as Roxbury John Ince as Potter Irving Mitchell as Winslow Gene O'Donnell as Monk Irving Bacon as Constable

Crew Jean Yarbrough - Director Jack W. Ogilvie - Editor Mack Stengler - Cinematographer Lindsley Parsons - Producer Ed Kelso - Screenwriter Gene Stratton-Porter - Short Story Author

Freckles Comes Home
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: All Content Length: 60 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Chapter 1 [10:51] 2. Chapter 2 [7:52] 3. Chapter 3 [12:19] 4. Chapter 4 [5:47] 5. Chapter 5 [12:29] 6. Chapter 6 [9:39]