Love on a Budget

Love on a Budget

YOUNG LOVE HAS TROUBLE MAKING ENDS MEET...and Dad gets caught in between!

Part of Jones Family

1938•1h 0m

Comedy

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.

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Production

20th Century Fox

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

John Jones

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

Louise Jones

Shirley Deane

Shirley Deane

Bonnie Jones Thompson

Russell Gleason

Russell Gleason

Herbert Thompson

Alan Dinehart

Alan Dinehart

Uncle Charles Dixon

Florence Roberts

Florence Roberts

Granny Ida Jones

Kenneth Howell

Kenneth Howell

Jack Jones

George Ernest

George Ernest

Roger Jones

June Carlson

June Carlson

Lucy Jones

Billy Mahan

Billy Mahan

Bobby Jones

Dixie Dunbar

Dixie Dunbar

Betty Fisher

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Emory Fisher

Marvin Stephens

Marvin Stephens

Tommy McGuire

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Millie Brown

James Blaine

James Blaine

Townsman

Raymond Brown

Alf Bigsby

Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

Small Furniture Mover

Tom Dempsey

Tom Dempsey

Townsman

Eddie Dunn

Eddie Dunn

Expressman

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Big Furniture Mover

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