It's Christmastime in New York City. Unemployed vaudevillian Jimmy Durante (as Louie Amendola) rents a ground-floor dwelling for his family on credit, with help from pretty daughter Terry Moore (as Rosalinda). Ms. Moore has charmed landlord's son Tom Drake (as Peter "Pete" Dingle) into forgoing a deposit, and beginning a romance. Meanwhile, a dancing squirrel named "Rupert" has also taken up residence in the building. The little critter (one of producer George "Puppetoon" Pal's creations) takes money stashed by tightwad building owner Frank Orth upstairs and throws it down on Mr. Durante's praying wife (Queenie Smith) downstairs. Naturally, she thinks the money is sent from heaven. Cute.
***** The Great Rupert (1/8/50) Irving Pichel ~ Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Frank Orth
***** The Great Rupert (1/8/50) Irving Pichel ~ Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Frank Orth