Kenesaw H.Clark is a small town newspaper editor and publisher. He is operating on a shoestring budget and sometimes accepts livestock in lieu of cash.
When Clark hires an ex-convict to work on the paper, pompous town banker Colonel Abercrombie raises the roof. Cromwell had been jailed for a theft from his bank when he worked there as a teller. Clark has doubts about Cromwell's guilt and refuses to fire him. Abercrombie takes revenge by calling in his loans on the newspaper. Clark does his best to carry on, even printing the day's news on butcher paper.
Clark responds not with anger, but with humor. He hires a group of professional hog callers to disrupt a political speech by the Colonel. These individuals do their job a little too well, as a stampede of hogs answers the call and destroy the speaker's platform.
The actual thief from years ago was the Colonel's neer-do-well son Joe, who has long since lost the original money at the racetrack. One night, the Colonel surprises someone trying to crack his office safe. He shoots and wounds the intruder, not recognizing him as his son. The Colonel leads a lynch mob against the ex-convict, and Clark has to fend them off single-handed. A policeman finally informs the Colonel that his son is in the hospital and has made a full confession.
Clark had figured out some time ago that the Colonel's son was the thief, but couldn't figure out how to gently break it to him.
life, begins, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, life, begins, film, news, newspapers, books, sch. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Life Begins at 40 film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Life Begins at 40 is a 1935 black and white film starring Will Rogers and Richard Cromwell It is based on the non fiction self help book Life Begins at Forty by Walter B Pitkin Life Begins at 40Directed byGeorge MarshallWritten byWalter B Pitkin book Lamar TrottiRobert Quillen add dialogue William M Conselman uncredited Dudley Nichols uncredited Produced bySol M WurtzelStarringWill RogersRichard CromwellGeorge BarbierRochelle HudsonThomas BeckJane DarwellProductioncompanyFox Film CorporationDistributed byFox Film CorporationRelease dateMarch 22 1935Running time85 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishPlot editKenesaw H Clark is a small town newspaper editor and publisher He is operating on a shoestring budget and sometimes accepts livestock in lieu of cash When Clark hires an ex convict to work on the paper pompous town banker Colonel Abercrombie raises the roof Cromwell had been jailed for a theft from his bank when he worked there as a teller Clark has doubts about Cromwell s guilt and refuses to fire him Abercrombie takes revenge by calling in his loans on the newspaper Clark does his best to carry on even printing the day s news on butcher paper Clark responds not with anger but with humor He hires a group of professional hog callers to disrupt a political speech by the Colonel These individuals do their job a little too well as a stampede of hogs answers the call and destroy the speaker s platform The actual thief from years ago was the Colonel s neer do well son Joe who has long since lost the original money at the racetrack One night the Colonel surprises someone trying to crack his office safe He shoots and wounds the intruder not recognizing him as his son The Colonel leads a lynch mob against the ex convict and Clark has to fend them off single handed A policeman finally informs the Colonel that his son is in the hospital and has made a full confession Clark had figured out some time ago that the Colonel s son was the thief but couldn t figure out how to gently break it to him Cast editWill Rogers as Kenesaw H Clark Richard Cromwell as Lee Austin George Barbier as Col Joseph Abercrombie Rochelle Hudson as Adele Anderson Jane Darwell as Ida Harris Slim Summerville as T Watterson Meriwether Sterling Holloway as Chris Thomas Beck as Joe Abercrombie Roger Imhof as Pappy Smithers Charles Sellon as Tom Cotton John Bradford as Wally Stevens Ruth Gillette as Mrs Cotton Hank Bell as Townsman uncredited Creighton Hale as Drug Clerk uncredited External links editLife Begins at 40 at IMDb nbsp Life Begins at 40 at the TCM Movie Database Life Begins at 40 at AllMovie nbsp This 1930s comedy film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Life Begins at 40 film amp oldid 1190966879, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
