The Good Fellows

{{short description|1943 film by Jo Graham}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Good Fellows | image = The Good Fellows poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Jo Graham | producer = Walter MacEwen | screenplay = Hugh Wedlock Jr. Howard Snyder | starring = Cecil Kellaway Helen Walker Mabel Paige James Brown Patti Hale Kathleen Lockhart | music = Leo Shuken | cinematography = Theodor Sparkuhl | editing = Arthur P. Schmidt | studio = Paramount Pictures | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1943|8|11}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Good Fellows''''' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Jo Graham and written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Howard Snyder. The film stars Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown, Patti Hale and Kathleen Lockhart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76699/the-good-fellows |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608084029/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76699/The-Good-Fellows/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 8, 2013 |title=The Good Fellows (1943) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/93571/The-Good-Fellows/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325123501/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/93571/The-Good-Fellows/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-25 |title=The-Good-Fellows - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2016 |accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref> The film was released on August 11, 1943, by Paramount Pictures. It was a rare lead film role for Cecil Kellaway.<ref name="done">{{cite magazine|date=15 July 2025|access-date=15 July 2025|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-it-isnt-done/|title=Forgotten Australian Films: It Isn't Done}}</ref>

==Plot== {{More plot|date=June 2015}} Jim Hilton devotes too much time to his lodge membership and too little to his real-estate business. He lets daughter Ethel handle a potential purchase of the Draytons' riverfront property, whereupon she develops a romantic interest in the Draytons' son, Tom.

Jim inadvertently commits money he doesn't have to his lodge's hosting a convention. At dinner, he persuades Mr. Drayton to join the lodge and pay a $2,000 admittance fee, then uses the money for his own purposes. The family runs out of patience with Jim's ways, and only daughter Sprat's disappearance brings him to his senses, at least temporarily.

==Cast== *Cecil Kellaway as Jim Hilton *Helen Walker as Ethel Hilton *Mabel Paige as Miss Kent *James Brown as Tom Drayton *Patti Hale as Sprat *Kathleen Lockhart as Mary Hilton *Douglas Wood as John Drayton *Norma Varden as Mrs. Drayton *Olin Howland as Reynolds *Tom Fadden as Harvey *William B. Davidson as Blake

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0035948|The Good Fellows}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Good Fellows}} Category:1943 films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:American comedy films Category:1943 comedy films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1943 English-language films Category:Films directed by Jo Graham Category:1943 American films Category:English-language comedy films Category:Films scored by Leo Shuken