Love on a Budget
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
Love on a Budget (1938)
Herbert I. Leeds
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
8.0/10
1 votes
Rating consensus
80/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~80/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Jed Prouty
John Jones
Spring Byington
Louise Jones
Shirley Deane
Bonnie Jones Thompson
Russell Gleason
Herbert Thompson
Alan Dinehart
Uncle Charles Dixon
Florence Roberts
Granny Ida Jones
Kenneth Howell
Jack Jones
George Ernest
Roger Jones
June Carlson
Lucy Jones
Billy Mahan
Bobby Jones
Dixie Dunbar
Betty Fisher
Paul Harvey
Emory Fisher
In “Jones Family”
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Educating Father
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Back to Nature
1936
Off to the Races
1937
Big Business
1937
Hot Water
1937
Borrowing Trouble
1937
A Trip to Paris
1938
Safety in Numbers
1938
Down on the Farm
1938
Everybody's Baby
1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
Quick Millions
1939
Too Busy to Work
1939
Young as You Feel
1940
On Their Own
1940
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Love on a Budget (1938)
Herbert I. Leeds
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