Li'l Abner

1940
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1h 18m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

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Martha O'Driscoll, Billie Seward, and Jeff York in Li'l Abner (1940)

The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.

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The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

531

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Filmed at Lancaster's Lake, a man-made lake that had been a swampy area in Sunland, CA. It was made into a small lake by Edgar "Grandpa" Lancaster and opened in 1925. It was filled in decades later and as of 2020, Sherman Grove Mobile Home Park occupies that area.

Quotes
[title sequence]
Singers: Li'l Abner, yoo-hoo! / Li'l Abner, oo-hoo! / Every gal in town is after / Li'l Abner, poor Abner! / He's a superman at swimmin'. / He'll give any man a trimmin'. / But when it comes to kissin' / Purty wimmin, / Li'l Abner goes gulp! gulp! / When Daisy Mae pursues him, / He always runs away. / Daisy hollers, Whoa! / But you oughta see him go / On Sadie Hawkin's Day.

Connections
Featured in The Notebook (2004)

Soundtracks
Li'l Abner
Written by Ben Oakland, Milton Drake and Milton Berle
Sung by Martha O'Driscoll

The Plot.

Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob).

It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.

The movie isn't as bad as some reviewers say. It's actually somewhat interesting to see the first renderings of some of these characters.

A few giggles here and there and a notable appearance of Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat.