Summaries

Young Pinkie Wingate and her friend, Buzz, will do anything to stop her widowed mother from entering into a loveless marriage with the town banker - including kidnapping.

To stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her friend Buzz kidnap her in the family trailer to live a life on the open road without worries about how to make ends meet. They then get the idea to find a husband for her whom both she and Pinkie would like.—Leon Wolters <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • mother daughter relationship
  • pipe smoking
  • teenage boy teenage girl friendship
  • financial difficulty
  • boy wears a coonskin cap
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Family
  • Romance
  • Musical
Release date Oct 20, 1938
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Box office

Budget $566000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 15m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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