Hi, Neighbor
Cast & Crew
Charles Lamont
Jean Parker
John Archer
Janet Beecher
Marilyn Hare
Bill Shirley
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Synopsis
On graduation day at the Hattie Greenfield Agricultural College, crabby Hattie, who donated the land and buildings for the college twenty-one years previously, is angered by the students' good-natured attempt to poke fun at her. Hattie refuses to donate more money to the school, despite the pleas of the college's president, Professor Edgar Boggs. Determined to raise enough money for needed buildings, Edgar and the school's veterinarian, Dr. Hall, organize the students and turn the school into a summer vacation lodge called the "Hi, Neighbor Lodge." A better-equipped lodge across the lake threatens to monopolize the tourists until the kids hit upon a scheme involving a pen-pal Lonely Hearts club. The students write to the club's members, inviting them to come to the lodge to meet other single people. Soon business is booming, and only one more month's bookings are needed to raise all of the required funds. A newspaper story about the lodge and the club raises the ire of Hattie, who deems the proceedings inappropriate. She descends upon the lodge with her niece Dorothy, sister Vera and lawyer, Don Wilson, who is engaged to Dorothy. Hattie insists on reclaiming the school property and orders everyone to leave. Determined to thwart Hattie, some of the boys decide to trick her into staying. They arrange for Don to come into contact with some poison ivy that night, and the next morning, Dr. Hall diagnoses his rash as measles. A quarantine is ordered for one month, and Don is bundled off to bed. While Vera pursues Roy, one of the students, Dr. Hall and Dorothy spend time together and fall in love. Even Hattie discovers a touch of romance at the lodge when Edgar, who was her childhood sweetheart, tries to recapture the days of their youth. Everyone's good humor is destroyed, however, when Don sneaks out to a local hospital and learns that he does not have measles. He exposes Dr. Hall's deception, and an angry Hattie declares that the school will be shut. Dorothy tells Hattie that she is staying to marry Dr. Hall, but when he learns of Hattie's plans, Dr. Hall makes a deal with her that he will give up Dorothy if she will keep the school open for Edgar's sake. Dr. Hall breaks off his relationship with Dorothy, who then returns with her relatives to the city. Brokenhearted over Dr. Hall, Dorothy resumes her engagement to Don, but on the day of the wedding, Vera returns to the school and informs everyone of Dr. Hall and Hattie's pact. Edgar and the kids rush to Hattie's mansion and establish a picket line to protest her unfairness. Don and Dorothy call off their wedding, and Hattie finally accepts Edgar's comforting. The Greenfields then travel to the school, where Dorothy and Dr. Hall are reunited.
Director
Charles Lamont
Cast
Jean Parker
John Archer
Janet Beecher
Marilyn Hare
Bill Shirley
Pauline Drake
Fred Sherman
Lulubelle And Scotty
Barbara Jo Allen
Don Wilson
Roy Acuff
Harry "pappy" Cheshire
Lillian Randolph
Lonnie Wilson
Jess Easterday
Peter Kirby
Rachel Veach
Velma Williams
Bill O'driscoll
Buddy Martin
Red Knight
Jack Boyle
Richard Landry
Alice Kirby
Tommye Adams
Helen Seamon
June Earle
Sally Cairns
Lucille Richards
Edith Walters
Peppy Walters
Jewel Mcgowan
Earle S. Dewey
Constance Purdy
Forbes Murray
Harry C. Bradley
Florence Wix
Broderick O'farrell
Florence Wright
Charles Mcavoy
Jack Kenney
Bob Mckenzie
Crew
Roy Acuff
George R. Brown
Eddie Cherkose
Josephine Earl
Cy Feuer
Carl Hoefle
Kenny Holmes
Russell Kimball
Raoul Kraushaar
Dorrell Mcgowan
Stuart Mcgowan
Sol Meyer
Ernest Miller
Howard O'neill
Jack Owens
Del Porter
Armand Schaefer
Otto Siegel
Jule Styne
Scotty Wiseman
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In the onscreen credits, Barbara Jo Allen is listed as Barbara Jo Allen (Vera Vague), the name of her popular radio character. Lillian Randolph recreated the role of "Birdie," which she enacted on the radio show The Great Gildersleeve. According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, six former Mack Sennett silent film stars, including Chester Conklin, Heinie Conklin, Neal Burns, George Ovey, Connie Henley and Charles Bimbo, as well as Judy Clark were in the cast, but their appearance in the finished film has not been confirmed. At the end of the picture, the characters hold up flash cards with the lyrics to "Hi, Neighbor" so that the audience can sing along.
