In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.
Acting
Spring Byington's exasperated matriarch steals every scene.
Production
Grand Canyon location shooting in 1939? Actually impressive.
Director
Malcolm St. Clair
Jed Prouty
John Jones
Spring Byington
Mrs. John Jones
Kenneth Howell
Jack Jones (as Ken Howell)
George Ernest
Roger Jones
June Carlson
Lucy Jones
Florence Roberts
Granny Jones
Billy Mahan
Bobby Jones
Eddie Collins
Henry 'Beaver' Howard
Robert Shaw
National Park Ranger Barry Frazier
Helen Ericson
Daisy Landers
Marvin Stephens
Tommy McGuire
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
John T. Murray
Pete (The Professor)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the sixth of twelve Jones Family films Fox cranked out 1936-1940—basically 1930s franchise cinema.
Released during the tail end of the Great Depression, the gold mine fantasy hit different for audiences who actually needed one.
1936
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1936
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1938
1938
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1939
1939
1940
1940
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