Every Saturday Night

1936Movie⏱️ 58m

Comedy

⭐ 5.9

IMDB Rating

43 votes

First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.

Director

James Tinling

Writers

Edward Eliscu, Katharine Kavanaugh

Stars

June Lang, Thomas Beck, Jed Prouty

Release Date

March 13, 1936

Language

English

Country

United States

💬 2

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

June Lang

as Bonnie Evers

Thomas Beck

as Clark Newall

Jed Prouty

as Mr. Evers

Spring Byington

as Mrs. Evers

Paul Stanton

as Mr. Newall

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Paxton Sisters

as Paxton Sisters

Florence Roberts

as Granny Evers

Kenneth Howell

as Jack Evers

George Ernest

as Roger Evers

June Carlson

as Lucy Evers

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

The First In The Series Doesn't Have The Characters Well Conceived Yet

by boblipton • 2024-02-07

5/10

"In the first of the seventeen Jones Family movies, father Jed Prouty learns that being a father requires more than lecturing, and the youngsters learn that family is the most important thing. I was surprised to discover this came out in 1936. I thought this 20th Century-Fox series was a reaction to MGM's Andy Hardy series, but it predates it. James Tinling does what he can with the movie, but while Spring Byington and Florence Roberts inhabit the roles of the mother and grandmother of the family, Prouty's role requires him to blow hot or cold as the state of the plot requires, so he..."

💡 Did You Know?

First in the "Jones Family" series.

📖 Synopsis

First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.