It Grows on Trees

Unrated

9/2/19521h 24m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The wonderful story of a wish come true! ~

Overview:

The Baxters are a typical happy American family trying to live on too little money. Mrs. Polly Baxter acquires two mysterious trees that got into a nursery shipment by mistake. They turn out to be money trees. After initial problems, Polly decides to spend the money.

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

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Cast

Irene Dunne

~ as ~

Polly Baxter

Dean Jagger

~ as ~

Phil Baxter

Joan Evans

~ as ~

Diane Baxter

Richard Crenna

~ as ~

Ralph Bowen

Edith Meiser

~ as ~

Mrs. Pryor

Les Tremayne

~ as ~

Finlay Murchison

Malcolm Lee Beggs

~ as ~

Henry Carrollman

Frank Ferguson

~ as ~

John Letherby

Bob Sweeney

~ as ~

McGuire

Dee Pollock

~ as ~

Flip Baxter

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
Irene Dunne is "Polly", happily married to "Philip" (Dean Jagger) with two children. They are pretty skint, until - that is - she finds her husband wiping his razor with a new five dollar bill. That is just the start of a series of windfalls that she is determined to capitalise upon, despite the objections of her inherently honest husband. Once we've established the source of the cash, she goes on a spending spree - but then things take an unexpected turn causing her - and her family - quite a bit of distress. Dunne is on good form here and Jagger is also quite entertaining; the writing is not great - it gets a touch frenetic at times, but there is an underlying message about greed that is gently, but potently imparted by director Arthur Lubin. I rather enjoyed the ending - thanks to an enthusiastic journalist, a dedicated botanist and a few pokes at some incompetent government officialdom! It's a short-ish feature, a little bit silly, but I found it quite enjoyable to watch.