04 Mar 1938
Love on a Budget
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
The Jones Family in Hollywood
No other family in the world could get into as many predicaments and funny situations in five short days in Movieland! Maybe that's why we love the Joneses so- and why you're going to like this picture so much!
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
Top Billed Cast
Jed Prouty John Jones
Spring Byington Mrs. John Jones
Kenneth Howell Jack Jones
George Ernest Roger Jones
June Carlson Lucy Jones
Florence Roberts Granny Jones
Billy Mahan Bobby Jones
William Tracy Danny Regan
June Gale Alice Morley
Marvin Stephens Tommy McGuire
Matt McHugh Charlie
Caroline Rankin Spinster
Phyllis Barry Actress (uncredited)
George Chandler Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin Legion Member (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing Studio Policeman (uncredited)
Gerald Fielding Movie Studio Actor (uncredited)
Edwin Gaffney Movie Assistant Director (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin Legion Member (uncredited)
Mary Gordon Landlady (uncredited)
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