Gold Dust Gertie

Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.

Cast

Winnie Lightner

as Gertrude Dale

Ole Olsen

as George Harlan

Chic Johnson

as Elmer Guthrie

Dorothy Christy

as Mabel Guthrie

Claude Gillingwater

as John Aberdeen Arnold

Arthur Hoyt

as Minister Tate

George Byron

as Capt. Osgood

Vivien Oakland

as Lucille Harlan

Charley Grapewin

as Nicholas Hautrey

Charles Judels

as Pestalozzi

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