The Mad Martindales (1942) DVD-R

Starring Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Alan Mowbray, Jimmy Lydon, Gig
Young, George Reeves, Charles Lane
Directed by Alfred L. Werker

Print: black/white
Runtime: 65 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

With The Mad Martindales, the eight-year association between 20th
Century-Fox and child star Jane Withers came to an end. 16-year-old
Withers is cast as Kathy Martindale, the youngest member of a wacky
turn-of-the-century San Francisco household. A dedicated suffragette,
Kathy occasionally takes time out to rescue her improvident father (Alan
Mowbray) from his various get-rich-quick business schemes. Romance
enters the picture when Peter Varney (Byron Barr), the wealthy boyfriend
of Kathy's older sister Evelyn (Marjorie Weaver), falls for Kathy instead.
But don't despair for Evelyn: her heart is ultimately captured by
industrious young Italian immigrant Julio (George Reeves).