The Millionaire Kid

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Betty Compson, Charles Delaney, Creighton Hale, Bradley Metcalfe, Bryant Washburn, and Lois Wilde in The Millionaire Kid (1936)

The Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are preparing to fight it out in divorce court.Tommy runs away from home. The private detective as... Read allThe Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are preparing to fight it out in divorce court.Tommy runs away from home. The private detective assigned to watch him tells Mrs. Neville he has been kidnapped. She immediately suspects her... Read allThe Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are preparing to fight it out in divorce court.Tommy runs away from home. The private detective assigned to watch him tells Mrs. Neville he has been kidnapped. She immediately suspects her husband. Meanwhile, Tommy is selling newspapers in another city. He is attacked by a bull... Read all

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5.4/10

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This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. Post-WWII television viewers got their earliest documented looks at it in Chicago Tuesday 5 July 1949 on WGN (Channel 9), in Los Angeles Tuesday 25 October 1949 on KTSL (Channel 2), in Atlanta Saturday 3 December 1949 on WSB (Channel 8), and in New York City Tuesday 5 December 1950 on WATV (Channel 13).

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Main character Terry Malone (Bryant Washburn) is so named in the newspaper headline, "Terry Malone Indicted!", though the opening credits (which show a picture of each primary actor with their name underneath) spell his name "Terry Mallon".

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4/10

Poor Dialogue Direction Hobbles An Okay Story

Betty Compson and Creighton Hale are getting a divorce, and they're fighting over the custody of Bradley Metcalfe. He doesn't like the fighting, and he doesn't like being cooped up, so he runs away, into the arms of Lois Wilde and her gangster father, Bryant Washburn. They're pretty good when they discover the actual situation, but some of their gang think holding the boy for ransom is easy money.

It's a pretty good story, but the dialogue direction by director Bernard B. Ray is awful. Only Miss Compson manages a consistent performance, and Bryant Washburn is believable about half the time. Everyone else sounds stilted and artificial.

Silent movie fans may be pleased to see Al St. John in a brief role and a nice, natural gag. Joseph Swickard also shows up early as a stuffy tutor.