Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

1948
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1h 35min

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June Haver and Lon McCallister in Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaIn 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the same gal and the younger brother buys two untamed mules for work projects while the older brother tries to sabotage him.In 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the same gal and the younger brother buys two untamed mules for work projects while the older brother tries to sabotage him.In 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the same gal and the younger brother buys two untamed mules for work projects while the older brother tries to sabotage him.

Regia
- F. Hugh Herbert
Sceneggiatura
- F. Hugh Herbert
- George Agnew Chamberlain
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Regia
- F. Hugh Herbert
Sceneggiatura
- F. Hugh Herbert
- George Agnew Chamberlain
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June Haver

Rad McGill

Lon McCallister

Daniel 'Snug' Dominy

Walter Brennan

Tony Maule

Anne Revere

Judith Dominy

Natalie Wood

Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill

Robert Karnes

Stretch Dominy

Henry Hull

Milt Dominy

Tom Tully

Robert 'Roarer' McGill

Robert Adler

Mac - a Lumberjack
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Guy Beach

Elmer
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Ken Christy

Sheriff Tod Bursom
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G. Pat Collins

Mike Malone
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Edward Gargan

Ted
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Herbert Heywood

Dugan
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Eugene Jackson

Stable Hand - Tony
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Lee MacGregor

Ches Forrester
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Matt McHugh

Frank the Barber
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Marilyn Monroe

Betty
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Regia
- F. Hugh Herbert
Sceneggiatura
- F. Hugh Herbert
- George Agnew Chamberlain
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jeffhill1

Odds and ends on an odd but cute film

"Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" refers to calls the driver uses to direct his team of mules when out working on a job. After seeing the film on "The Late Show" as a teenager, I was a June Haver fan for a while, so I was thrilled when I saw and approached her in Restored Williamsburg, Virginia with her husband, Fred McMurray in the spring of 1962. Marilyn Monroe was to have a small part in Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! She was standing by a tree and when the character of Snug encountered her, she said, "Hello." But that part got cut out before the film went into the can. I think Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! is noteworthy in that it is the only film I can think of in which Walter Brennan plays something other than comedy relief or somebody's sidekick. Look it over when you have the chance and see if you don't think he is formulatin' the character of Grandpappy Amos of "The Real McCoys."

8edwagreen

Scudda Hoo Makes Good Hay ***1/2

An enjoyable film dealing with a male Cinderella-like relationship. Fed up with his nagging wife and bullying son, a man heads out to sea and leaves his son $20.00 to fend for himself.

The film is a gem as it shows the warm relationships that can develop with still another family and a man's determination to get those mules to work.

Anne Revere appears briefly as the wicked wife but she is memorable once again. As her n'eer-do-well son, Bob Karnes, is miserable at his best. Lon McAllister shines as the step-son and Natalie Wood steals the show as a precocious youngster who always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Another good performance is given by Tom Tully as as a nasty neighbor, and Walter Brennan is in fine form as an understanding friend to the McAllister role.

6moonspinner55

Much better than its reputation would lead you to believe...

Screen-version of George Agnew Chamberlain's book concerns determined farm boy in rural small town America training two prize-winning mules to drive; pretty soon, he and the two stubborn creatures are hauling out logs from the forest and making $15/day, which irks the man he bought the mules from as well as his own evil stepbrother. Director F. Hugh Herbert, who also adapted the screenplay, does a terrific job setting the mood of the piece--frisky but also angst-ridden. Lon McCallister is the polite juvenile battling with his father's crude wife and her son for his dad's respect, later butting heads with farmer Tom Tully (in a convincingly angry, blow-hard performance). Although a simple tale of a boy's love for two mules, Herbert keeps the scenario busy with melodrama. Thankfully, it isn't overly-folksy, and the villains (including Anne Revere, in her least-sympathetic role ever) are surprisingly effective. The romance subplot between Tully's blonde, beautiful daughter June Haver and skinny McCallister doesn't quite work (she seems a bit out of his league), but little Natalie Wood is fun to have around spying on her neighbors and getting all the juicy gossip. Solid contract-picture from Fox has an undeserved poor reputation (with its title causing most of the derision), but I was entertained. Look fast for Marilyn Monroe as "Betty" on the church steps. **1/2 from ****

rchrdoconnor

misinformed review

A reviewer writes of his surprise at seeing Walter Brennan not in his "Real McCoys" character. Never saw "My Darling Clementine"? A John Ford classic with Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp??? Brennan plays the head of the notorious Clanton gang, even shoot one Earp brother in the back.

7bingoboss

Enjoyable old-school film.

I was curious to see Marilyn Monroe's (one-second) film debut, and when I noticed Natalie Wood's name in the credits, I got drawn in. It's an odd film: an "East of Eden" type soap opera plot involves step-brothers who vie for possession of vivacious blonde June Haver ... and a team of mules. The characters are all quite gruff with each other, there's lots of angry yelling and little room for sentimentality. The title suggests a screwball comedy or maybe a musical, but the film is far from either. The tone is rather dark, with little Natalie Wood providing welcome bits of comic relief. The acting can be hammy in parts. It seems like it should never work, but it somehow does all come together and make for a watchable, enjoyable film. Bonus points for the proto-feminist attitude of June Haver's character; I thought that was a nice, unexpected touch from a film of this era. Watching in pandemic 2020, this movie drew me into its little world and made me strangely nostalgic for a time I've never known.

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This is generally considered to be Marilyn Monroe's screen debut, although most of her footage was cut. She is visible just for a fleeting second or less as she descends the church steps and says, "Hi, Rad," to June Haver's character as everyone is coming out of church on Sunday morning.

Citazioni
Daniel 'Snug' Dominy: [he sits down at the table] Sorry I'm late.
Judith Dominy: Get that dog outta here
Daniel 'Snug' Dominy: Oh, leave him be. He won't hurt none
Judith Dominy: Get that dog out of my house!
Milt Dominy: Your house? Your house! You leave the dog stay!
Judith Dominy: I said I want the dog out of the house.
Milt Dominy: I say the dog stays. Did you hear me?
Daniel 'Snug' Dominy: Yes, sir. I heard ya. Get down, Ruff. Boy, am I hungry! Hey, where are my hotcakes?
Judith Dominy: You're late. This is a farm, not a hotel
Milt Dominy: Fix the boy his breakfast.
Judith Dominy: Let him fix it his-self.
Milt Dominy: Woman, I'm sickened to death with your harp'...
Judith Dominy: [shouting over him] I ain't a-gonna waste no more of my life...
Milt Dominy: For once in your life, you're gonna shut up and listen me. Nine year ago, my Marti died. You was all for joining hands and a home. You and your boy Stretch here, along with me and Snug. No sugar-cured ham was ever smoother to the taste until you got me hog-tied in marriage
Stretch Dominy: Nobody held a gun in your ribs
Milt Dominy: But from that moment to this here, your clammer-hammer tongue ain't never ceased a-swinging like an old cow's tail. It ain't so much the fact that you're a woman keeps me from beating you up, it's the thought of how much you and this worthless son of yours would like to land me in jail. Tell you what I'm going to do with you. I'm through
[he gets up]
Milt Dominy: I'm getting out. I stuck it out as long as Snug here was little and needed care--even such care as you've give' him. But that day has gone--and I'm going with it. I never should have quit the sea and I'm shipping back to sea again right this minute.
Judith Dominy: You don't darst.
[she rises]
Judith Dominy: You're afraid. The years ashore have made you soft. Like a fly drown-ded in honey, you'll be stuck here 'til you die.
Milt Dominy: I'll show you how soft I be. I'll show you how stuck I be.
[he gets his hat and coat from the closet]
Milt Dominy: You watch me. You watch me walk out that door right now with nought but my two feet and my two good hands. You just watch me. And I ain't a-coming back.
[he exits]
Daniel 'Snug' Dominy: Attaboy, Pa!
[he runs to join his father]
Judith Dominy: I done it! I run him out. I run him out good and his brat along with him.

Versioni alternative
At least two versions were in circulation at one time: one with Marilyn Monroe's single line of dialogue intact, and another in which her line was cut out.