Too Busy to Work poster

Movie · 1939

Too Busy to Work

Released 17 November 1939 More from 1939 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Paul E. Burns
as Tavern Keeper
58
Andrew Tombes
as Wilbur Wentworth
54
Spring Byington
as Mrs. John Jones
53
Chester Clute
as Springer
48
Harold Goodwin
as Raymond
36
Chick Chandler
as Cracker McGurk
34
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
24years between the oldest and youngest billed
58Paul E. Burns — oldest on the call sheet
34Chick Chandler — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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