Li'l Abner (1940 film)

Li'l Abner
Still with Billie Seward and Jeff York
Directed by	Albert S. Rogell
Screenplay by	Charles Kerr Tyler Johnson
Based on	Li'l Abner by Al Capp
Produced by	Lou L. Ostrow
Starring	Jeff York Martha O'Driscoll Mona Ray Johnnie Morris Buster Keaton
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Edited by	Otto Ludwig Donn Hayes
Music by	Lud Gluskin
Production companies	Vogue Pictures, Ltd.
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures reissued by Astor Pictures
Release date	November 1, 1940 (1940-11-01)
Running time	78 minutes
Language	English

Li'l Abner is a 1940 film based on the comic strip Li'l Abner created by Al Capp. The three most recognizable names associated with the film are Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat, Jeff York as Li'l Abner, and Milton Berle, who co-wrote the title song.

This was the first of two films based on the popular Al Capp strip, the second being Paramount's 1959 musical, Li'l Abner, which was also based on the hit 1956 Broadway musical Li'l Abner.

The film was poorly received, with the rubber "facial appliances" worn by some of the characters to simulate Capp's character designs being especially deficient.^[1]

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Plot

Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.

Cast

Role	Actor
Li'l Abner Yokum	Jeff York (as Granville Owen)
Daisy Mae Scraggs	Martha O'Driscoll
Pansy "Mammy" Yokum	Mona Ray
Lucifer "Pappy" Yokum	Johnnie Morris
Lonesome Polecat	Buster Keaton
Cousin Delightful	Billie Seward
Wendy Wilecat	Kay Sutton
Granny Scraggs	Maude Eburne
Hairless Jo'	Bud Jamison
Cornelius Cornpone	Edgar Kennedy
Montague	Johnny Arthur
Barber	Walter Catlett
The Sheriff / Mr. Oldtimer	Lucien Littlefield
Earthquake McGoon	Charles A. Post
Hairless Joe	Bud Jamison
Mayor Gurgle	Chester Conklin
Marryin' Sam	Dick Elliott
Cicero Grunts	Mickey Daniels
Hannibal Hoops	Doodles Weaver
Miss Lulubell	Marie Blake
Sarah Jones	Rene Riano
Joe Smithpan	Al St. John
Barney Bargrease	Eddie Gribbon
Bachelor, Sadies Hawkins Day Race	Hank Mann
Bachelor	Eddie Borden
Fantastic Brown	Victor Potel
Undetermined Role	Louise Keaton

References

^ Davis, Blair (2017). Movie Comics: Page to Screen/Screen to Page. Rutgers University Press. p. 177. ISBN 9780813572284.

External links

Li'l Abner at IMDb
Li'l Abner at the American Film Institute Catalog
Li'l Abner is available for free download at the Internet Archive

v t e Al Capp's Li'l Abner
Characters and elements	Dogpatch Joe Btfsplk Fearless Fosdick Lower Slobbovia Sadie Hawkins Day Salomey Shmoo
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