I'm from Missouri
Cast & Crew
Theodore Reed
Bob Burns
Gladys George
Gene Lockhart
Judith Barrett
William Henry
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Synopsis
The state of Missouri enjoys a boon when the British war office boosts the mule market with huge contracts. Following the boon, however, the Missouri mule farmers suffer a depression, at the height of which bank director "Sweeney" Bliss is offered only ten dollars for his prize mule, Samson. In an effort to save the local farms, Sweeney forbids the farmers to sell their mules at such low prices and agrees to keep them at his ranch. That night, in the middle of Sweeney's wife Julie's party, a British couple, the Arthurs, are forced to land their plane in the Blisses' field, where they get stuck in the mud. Sweeney proudly pulls the plane out of the mud using Samson and gives the Arthurs their first taste of "real" America. Julie's sister, Lola Pike, meanwhile, dances with her sweetheart, Joel Streight, who has learned that Captain Brooks-Bowen of the British Embassy will be at the upcoming stock show in Kansas City to appraise the mules. During the party, Sweeney flies off with Samson to the fair, and Joel drives Julie and Lola to meet them. Brooks-Bowen, impressed when Samson unofficially breaks the world record for pulling weight, invites the Blisses to dinner, and Julie is sure the captain has his eyes on Lola. Also at the fair is American tractor magnate George Rowe, who is determined to thwart Sweeney's efforts. Brooks-Bowen invites Sweeney to London to act as representative of the American mule market. Because of a livestock quarantine, Sweeney and Samson must stay behind, while Julie and Lola travel to England on The Queen Mary . In Sweeney's absence, Julie becomes obsessed with being accepted into London high society and spends the family's savings on a home complete with valet, cook and social secretary. Julie's plan is to host a reception to impress Brooks-Bowen so he will propose to Lola. Sweeney arrives and creates a scandal when he inadvertently leads Samson through a Turkish bath in the fog and makes newspaper headlines after he is arrested. Hector Arthur sees the papers and calls Sweeney to congratulate him, and Sweeney invites him to the party. Julie, enraged over the mule incident, scolds Sweeney for inviting the Arthurs, believing they are underclass. In actuality, they are the Duke and Duchess of Cricklewood. Meanwhile, Sweeney has hired Gus, an old vaudeville friend to impersonate American General Cody Starbuck at the reception. Julie wants the general there to impress Colonel Marchbank, who is negotiating with Rowe for tractors. Gus gets drunk, however, and gets in a row with the valet, Hearne, over his wife Kitty, the cook, and all the guests leave, including Marchbank. Joel, meanwhile, arrives with news that the Missouri farmers believe Sweeney has abandoned them for London society and have sent 2,000 mules to London for him to dispose of, unaware that they will be quarantined for six months at the owners' expense. When the Arthurs arrive with their aristocratic friends, Julie believes their titles are another of Sweeney's pranks. When she realizes she could have been accepted into society months before if she had been less of a snob, Julie apologizes to Sweeney and suggests they sell their farm. The next morning, the papers report that a fatal disease in India is killing mules by the hundreds. Rowe, who had promised Marchbank a large mule delivery, is forced to bid for Sweeney's mules, and with Hector's help, Sweeney receives $150 a head. Marchbank then arrives and catches Rowe in his own duplicity. Sweeney offers Marchbank the mules at $100 a piece, plus a guarantee he will buy all his mules from Missouri. The Blisses then board the boat for home with Joel and Lola, who have just married.
Director
Theodore Reed
Cast
Bob Burns
Gladys George
Gene Lockhart
Judith Barrett
William Henry
Patricia Morison
E. E. Clive
Melville Cooper
William Collier Sr.
Lawrence Grossmith
George P. Huntley
Doris Lloyd
Tom Dugan
Dennie Moore
James Burke
Ethel Griffies
Spencer Charters
Raymond Hatton
Eddy Waller
Charles Halton
Richard Denning
Clarence Wilson
Billy Cook
Winifred Harris
Kenneth Hunter
Forrester Harvey
Morgan Banks
Harry Tenbrook
Frank Hammond
Martin Faust
Russ Powell
Harry Myers
Lee Shumway
Carl Harbaugh
C. L. Sherwood
Philip Morris
Howard Mitchell
John Sutton
Phillips Smalley
Douglas Francis
Walter Soderling
Jimmy Aubrey
Betty Roadman
Bernard Suss
Gene Morgan
Harry Allen
James Kilgannon
John Hiestand
Dick Elliott
Frank Mills
Manuel Valencia
Joseph Franz
David Thursby
John Spacey
Guy Bellis
Eric Wilton
Tiny Newlan
Robert St. Angelo
Charles Irwin
John Sheehan
Jack Norton
Mike Pat Donovan
Sid D'albrook
Ned Glass
Billy Arnold
Janet Waldo
Luana Walters
Phillip Warren
Allen Fox
Fritzi Brunette
Gwen Kenyon
Judy King
Joyce Mathews
Helaine Moler
Dorothy White
Ethel Clayton
Gloria Williams
Crew
Duke Atteberry
Walter Deleon
Hans Dreier
A. E. Freudeman
Merritt Gerstad
Earl Hedrick
George Hippard
Paul Jones
William Lebaron
Archie Marshek
Harry Mills
John C. Moffitt
Richard Olson
Leroy Prinz
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Although onscreen credits list Gene Lockhart's character as "Porgie Rowe", he is called "George Rowe" in the film. A Hollywood Reporter production chart includes Barry Mackay in the cast, but his appearance in the released film has not been confirmed.
