Hitch Hike Lady

1935
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1h 14m

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7.0/10

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Comedy Drama

In this touching tale, an elderly British woman saves up enough money to visit her son in the U.S. She believes that he is doing well, but he is actually a prisoner in San Quentin.In this touching tale, an elderly British woman saves up enough money to visit her son in the U.S. She believes that he is doing well, but he is actually a prisoner in San Quentin.In this touching tale, an elderly British woman saves up enough money to visit her son in the U.S. She believes that he is doing well, but he is actually a prisoner in San Quentin.

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7.0/10

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A nitrate print of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.

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Mrs. Amelia Blake:My son has an orange ranch in California. I wonder if you've heard of it.
Mortimer Wingate:Really? What does your son call his estate?
Mrs. Amelia Blake:Rancho San Quentin. I see you have heard of it.
Cluck Regan:Heard of it? Why lady...
Mortimer Wingate:Of course we've heard of it. It's one of the most arresting places in America. Not only is the fruit of California golden, Cluck my knave, but so is silence.
Mrs. Amelia Blake:Uh, let him tell me about it.
Mortimer Wingate:No, no. He's not very poetic. I don't think he'd do it justice.
Cluck Regan:Aw, you see, when it comes to talkin', I'm almost a dummy.
Mortimer Wingate:Yeah.

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Marching Feet
Written byWallace MacDonaldandSmiley Burnette

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6/10

Alison Skipworth Crosses America On Her Thumb

Alison Skipworth is near the end of her rope in her small Sussex village, when she receives a hundred pounds. SHe decides to go to California, where she believes her son is an orange rancher. In reality, he is a prisoner in San Quentin. Arriving in America, she finds out that California is still 3000 miles away, and she is skint. She winds up hitch-hiking with Mae Clarke, but soon they are traveling in James Ellison's car-trailer, with the unwelcome (to Mr. Ellison) addition of small-time con men Arthur Treacher and Warren Hymer. As she gets closer to California and the truth, her companions worry about her.

Mrs. Skipworth is the sentimental still center of this comedy. While it is certainly not up to the standards of her Paramount movies, where she often battled W.C. Fields to a draw, she's quite believable as her simple and soft-hearted character.

Contrary to her appearance in her 1930s movies, Mrs. Skipworth was in her youth a beauty who often worked as an artist's model; that is how she met her husband, Frank Skipworth. Her stage debut was at the age of 31. She soon moved to America, where she honed her comedic skills in a series of flops. By the time she moved to Hollywood, she was quite the battleaxe. She made her last screen appearance in 1938, her last stage appearance in 1942, and died in 1952, aged 88.