Directed Edward F. Cline’s Bringing Up Father, based on the long-running eponymous comic strip by George McManus, premiered on this date in 1946. The movie, which pairs the working class with society’s uppercrust, stars Joe Yule as Jiggs, Renie Riano as Jiggs’ wife Maggie, and June Harrison as daughter Nora. Released through Monogram Pictures, the film spawned four sequels including Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1948), Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948), Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949), and Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950).
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