Comedy

Here Comes Cookie (1935): Cast & Plot

Name: Here Comes Cookie
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1935-08-30
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Cast: Betty Furness, George Barbier, Gracie Allen, Rafael Alcayde, George Burns

Here Comes Cookie is a 1935 comedy directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Betty Furness as Phyllis Allen, George Barbier and Gracie Allen. It runs 1 hour 5 minutes.

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Released: August 30, 1935
Runtime: 1h 5m (65 min)
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Genre: Comedy
Original language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Here Comes Cookie About?

The premise of Here Comes Cookie without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

A scatterbrained heiress welcomes a steady stream of out‑of‑work actors and vaudeville performers into her house, then ambitiously decides to mount her own theatrical production. Her sudden enterprise infuriates her father, her sister, and her sister’s boyfriend, who is secretly after the heiress’s inheritance.

Here Comes Cookie Themes & Keywords

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puppy on a bed

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wealth transfer
reading a newspaper aloud
trick shooting
hiding under a bed
dream turns into a nightmare
cutting up clothing
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horseback riding
dream sequence in split screen
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man wears a top hat
ditzy woman
playing trumpet and dancing
sleeping on a park bench
locked in
applause
breaking a window
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vaudeville
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cigar stand
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reference to shakespeare's romeo and juliet
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Cast & crew

Here Comes Cookie Cast & Characters

Betty Furness leads the cast as Phyllis Allen, with George Barbier as Harrison Allen and Gracie Allen as Gracie Allen. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod; 62 actors are credited in all.

Director Norman Z. McLeod

Betty Furness as Phyllis Allen
George Barbier as Harrison Allen
Gracie Allen as Gracie Allen
Rafael Alcayde as Ramon del Ramos (as Rafael Storm)

Also Starring in Here Comes Cookie

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George Burns George Burns
Andrew Tombes Botts
Eddie Dunn Gracie’s Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Syd Saylor Allen’s Cab Driver (uncredited)
Irving Bacon Thompson
Larry Steers Critic (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton Officer (uncredited)
Edward Gargan Policeman (uncredited)
James Burke Broken-Nose Reilly
Dell Henderson Lloyd
Duke Johnson Specialty Act (as "Johnson and Dove") (uncredited)
Frank Darien Clyde
Paul Kruger Ticket-Taker (uncredited)
Richard Carle Sam (uncredited)
Oliver Cross Man on Horse (uncredited)
Arthur Housman Drunk (uncredited)

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Duke York Milkman (uncredited)
Harry Holman Stuffy
Walter Long Tramp (uncredited)
Harry Depp Village Banker (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn Old Crony (uncredited)
William Irving Passenger (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull Important-Looking Man (uncredited)
Larry McGrath Tramp (uncredited)
Jack Duffy Wilbur
Eddie Lee Chang, the Chef (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli Specialty Act (as "Moro and Yaconelli") (uncredited)
Billy Franey Old Crony (uncredited)
Lee Kohlmar Mr. Flugsnort
James Quinn Counterman (uncredited)
Pascale Perry Specialty Act (uncredited)
Jack Henderson Drunk (uncredited)
George B. French Old Crony (uncredited)
George Burton Iceman (uncredited)
Milla Davenport Mrs. Flugsnort
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew Dignified Man (uncredited)
Henry Mowbray Important-Looking Man (uncredited)
Nick Moro Specialty Act (as "Moro and Yaconelli") (uncredited)
Jack Powell Jack, the Drummer
Charles Morris Officer (uncredited)
Armando Valdez Acrobat (as "The Six Olympics") (uncredited)
Joe Mole Bicycle Act (as "Jester and Mole") (uncredited)
The Buccaneers Vaudeville Act (uncredited)
Ben Chavez Acrobat (as "The Six Olympics") (uncredited)
Harold Dexter Acrobat (as "The Six Olympics") (uncredited)
Ray Dove Specialty Act (as "Johnson and Dove") (uncredited)
Gladys Trained Seal (uncredited)
Al Kennan Acrobat (as "The Six Olympics") (uncredited)
Campbell McBride Sleight-of-Hand Performer (uncredited)
Jesta Mole Bicycle Act (as "Jester and Mole") (uncredited)
Clarence Neal Porter (uncredited)
George Pease Passenger (uncredited)
Billy Rivas Acrobat (as "The Six Olympics") (uncredited)
Seymour and Corncob Specialty Act (uncredited)
The Six Candreya Brothers Vaudeville Act (uncredited)
Three Jacks and a Queen Vaudeville Act (uncredited)
Jeannette Warren Passenger (uncredited)
The Wheelers Vaudeville Act (uncredited)

From the director

More from Norman Z. McLeod

More films directed by Norman Z. McLeod, best-rated first: Horse Feathers, Monkey Business, Alice in Wonderland and Alias Jesse James.

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Plot

Here Comes Cookie Plot Summary

What happens in Here Comes Cookie from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

In this fast-paced early sound-era comedy, a wealthy magnate named Harrison Allen grows wary that his daughter Gracie Allen is courting a fortune-hunting fiancé, Ramon del Ramos. To test the suitor’s true motives, Harrison and his loyal secretary, George Burns, whip up a plan: Harrison will temporarily sign over his fortune to his other daughter, who goes by the nickname Cookie, for sixty days, hoping to reveal Ramon’s real intentions and the depths of the family’s wealth. As Harrison heads back to his hometown for a brief vacation, Gracie embraces the scheme with a recklessly comic zeal, turning what should have been a quiet test into a full-blown upheaval.

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