Too Many Parents

{{short description|1936 film by Robert F. McGowan}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Too Many Parents | image = File:Too Many Parents.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Robert F. McGowan | producer = A.M. Botsford | screenplay = Virginia Van Upp Doris Malloy | story = Jesse Lynch Williams George Templeton | starring = Frances Farmer Lester Matthews Porter Hall Henry Travers Billy Lee George Ernest Sherwood Bailey | music = Gerard Carbonara Tom Satterfield | cinematography = Karl Struss | editing = Edward Dmytryk | studio = Paramount Pictures | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1936|3|30}} | runtime = 73 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Too Many Parents''''' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan, written by Virginia Van Upp and Doris Malloy, and starring Frances Farmer (in her film debut), Lester Matthews, Porter Hall, Henry Travers, Billy Lee, George Ernest and Sherwood Bailey. It was released on March 30, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93598/too-many-parents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404075521/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93598/Too-Many-Parents/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |title=Too Many Parents (1936) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=6193 |title=Too Many Parents |publisher=Afi.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-04}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=February 2023}}

==Cast== *Frances Farmer as Sally Colman *Lester Matthews as Mark Stewart *Porter Hall as Mrs. Saunders *Henry Travers as Wilkins *Billy Lee as Billy Miller *George Ernest as Phillip Stewart *Sherwood Bailey as Clarence Talbot Jr. *Douglas Scott as Morton Downing *Colin Tapley as Miller *Buster Phelps as Clinton Meadows *Howard C. Hickman as Colonel Colman *Sylvia Breamer as Malloy * Ann Evers as Clara *Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Downing *Lois Kent as Morton's Sister *Jonathan Hale as Judge *Carl Switzer as Kid Singer *Anne Grey as Miss Allison *Henry Roquemore as Belcher *Cal Tjader as Alfred

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0028395|Too Many Parents}}

Category:1936 films Category:American comedy films Category:1936 comedy films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films scored by Gerard Carbonara Category:Films set in boarding schools Category:1936 English-language films Category:1936 American films Category:English-language comedy films