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Film / 1939
What a Life
Directed by
Theodore Reed
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
The story
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
In the same saga
Henry Aldrich Collection
In release order
Cast
Jackie CooperHenry Aldrich
Betty FieldBarbara Pearson
John HowardMr. Nelson
Hedda HopperMrs. Aldrich
Lionel StanderFerguson
Janice LoganMiss Shea
Vaughan GlaserJ.C. Bradley
Dorothy StickneyMiss Wheeler
James CornerGeorge Bigelow
Kathleen LockhartMiss Pike
Lucien LittlefieldMr. Patterson
Andrew TombesProf. Abernathy
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Arthur AylesworthMacGowan
Nora CecilMiss Eggleston
Wilda BennettMiss Doolittle
Benny Bartlett'Butch' Williams
Kay StewartMarjorie
Leonard SuesHarold Lambrey
Edwin BrianDon Bray
Janet WaldoGwen
Sheila RyanJessie
Douglas FahyTony Milligan
Roberta SmithGertie
Betty BlairHairdresser
Delia BogardGirl
Marge ChampionStudent in Doorway at Dance
Inna GestStudent
Muriel KearneyStudent
Fay McKenzieStudent in Lunchroom
Rita OwenCounter Attendant
Lois RansonStudent
Sidney MillerPinkie Peters
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