Everybody’s Hobby (1939): Cast & Plot
Everybody’s Hobby is a 1939 comedy drama directed by William C. McGann, starring Henry O'Neill as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie, Aldrich Bowker and Jean Sharon. It runs 54 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 54 min
- Director
- William C. McGann
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Everybody’s Hobby About?
The premise of Everybody’s Hobby without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
Everybody’s Hobby Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- sensational press
- country dance
- editor as protagonist
- screenplay adapted by author
- small town newspaper
- tent camping
- father son camping trip
- screwball comedy
- mountain adventure
- amateur ham radio operator
- family comedy
- id photograph
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- based on story
- disaster action
- roll call opening credits
- stamp collector
- financial reward
- family adventure
- vacation in the mountains
- battle of the sexes
- rare postage stamp
- pyromaniac
- philately
- small town newspaper editor
- exclusive story
- shortwave radio
- police station
- newspaper syndicate
- lodge
- hero
- staying with relatives
- new equipment
- rhumba dancer
- accidental electrocution
- communications equipment
- phone line cut
- deputy marshal
- teenage romance
- volunteers
- fighting a forest fire
- camera as a gift
- national park
- dead car battery
- forest ranger station
- intentionally set forest fire
- stolen gramophone record
- family drama
- embarrassing story
- unemployed man
- emergency broadcast
Everybody’s Hobby Cast & Characters
Henry O'Neill leads the cast as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie, with Aldrich Bowker as Uncle Bert Leslie and Jean Sharon as Evelyn Leslie. Directed by William C. McGann; 17 actors are credited in all.
- Director William C. McGann
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Henry O'Neill as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie - Aldrich Bowker as Uncle Bert Leslie
- Jean Sharon as Evelyn Leslie
- Irene Rich as Mrs. Myra Leslie
Also Starring in Everybody’s Hobby
· 13 more- Jackie Moran Robert Leslie
- John Ridgely Ranger Mike Morgan
- Eddie Dew Ranger (uncredited)
- Jack Mower Police Captain Ogden
- Sidney Bracey Mr. Ferris
- Alberto Morin Ramón Castello, an alias of Armand Costa
- Nat Carr Jim Blake
- Peggy Stewart Bunny
- Don Rowan Don Rowan
- Claude Wisberg Copy Boy (uncredited)
- Frederic Tozere Mr. Hatfield
- Frankie Burke C.C.C. Youth (uncredited)
- Jackie Morrow Chuck
More from William C. McGann
More films directed by William C. McGann: American Empire, Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die, In Old California and Highway West.
Everybody’s Hobby Plot Summary
What happens in Everybody’s Hobby from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Henry O’Neill plays Thomas ‘Tom’ Leslie, a newspaper reporter whose job feels precarious as his editor questions his flair for sensationalism and warns that a gossip-driven column could cost him his position. At home, his wife, Irene Rich as Mrs. Myra Leslie, a stamp collector, suggests a calmer distraction: rekindling Tom’s longtime hobby of photography. The idea is simple but charged with promise—let a camera’s steady eye replace the chaos of headlines and, perhaps, steady Tom’s career.
Full summary
The whole story of Everybody’s Hobby, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Everybody’s Hobby?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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What is Tom Leslie's profession?
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Everybody’s Hobby FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Everybody’s Hobby, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Everybody’s Hobby?
Everybody’s Hobby runs 54 minutes.
When was Everybody’s Hobby released?
Everybody’s Hobby was released on August 26, 1939.
Who directed Everybody’s Hobby?
Everybody’s Hobby was directed by William C. McGann.
More films by William C. McGann Who is in the cast of Everybody’s Hobby?
Everybody’s Hobby stars Henry O'Neill as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie, Aldrich Bowker as Uncle Bert Leslie and Jean Sharon as Evelyn Leslie, among 17 credited actors.
Does Everybody’s Hobby have a post-credit scene?
No. Everybody’s Hobby has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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