The Bashful Bachelor 1942 N/R, 78 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Zasu Pitts, Grady Sutton, Oscar O'Shea, Louise Currie, Constance Purdy, Irving Bacon, Earle Hodgins, Benny Rubin
The radio comedy team of Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) are back for a second film. The plot: Abner agrees to pretend to be a victim in phony accidents so Lum can save him and appear a hero to impress Geraldine (Zasu Pitts).
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Dreaming Out Loud 1940 N/R, 81 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Young Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Frances Langford, Frank Craven, Bobs Watson, Irving Bacon, Clara Blandick, Robert Wilcox, Donald Briggs, Robert McKenzie, Phil Harris
This movie marks the film debut of radio comedians Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff). The plot involves their misadventures as Lum and Abner engage in fund raising as a means for bringing progress to their town of Pine Ridge, Arkansas.
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So This Is Washington 1943 N/R, 64 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray McCarey Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray, Mildred Coles, Roger Clark, Sarah Padden, Matt McHugh, Minerva Urecal, Danny Duncan, Barbara Pepper
In this entry of their seven-part film series, radio comedians Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) head for Washington, D.C., during World War II to offer the government their concoction made of licorice to be used as synthetic rubber. In the process of wheeling and dealing, they offer their brand of homespun advice to members of Congress who line up to talk to them.
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Two Weeks to Live 1943 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Franklin Pangborn, Kay Linaker, Irving Bacon, Herbert Rawlinson, Ivan F. Simpson, Rosemary La Planche, Danny Duncan, Evalyn Knapp, Charles Middleton, Luis Alberni
Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) are in Chicago to check out a railroad Abner has inherited when Abner falls down some stairs and ends up at the hospital. After being misdiagnosed as having two weeks to live, Abner signs up for a trip to Mars to obtain enough money to pay off a debt.
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| 1. The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
2. Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
3. So This Is Washington (1943)
4. Two Weeks to Live (1943)
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