01 The Pepper family fights to keep their copper mine when their elderly business partner falls ill.
6 Best Clarence Kolb Movies
By Vlad Zakh · September 12, 2026
Clarence Kolb was a familiar Hollywood character actor often cast as blustery executives and fathers, appearing in dozens of comedies throughout the 1930s and 40s. In True to Life (1943): A radio writer secretly bases his hit show on a real family, then falls for their daughter and struggles with guilt over the charade. Equally memorable is White Tie and Tails (1946): A butler masquerades as a millionaire while his employer is away and gets entangled with a wealthy heiress.
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02 A widowed mother and her five children navigate their unexpected inheritance of a copper mine.
03 Two broke strangers pose as a wealthy, eccentric couple and find their scheme working a little too well.
04 A stockbroker bets his business partners $10,000 that he can tell nothing but the truth for a full twenty-four hours.
05 A butler masquerades as a millionaire while his employer is away and gets entangled with a wealthy heiress.
06 A radio writer secretly bases his hit show on a real family, then falls for their daughter and struggles with guilt over the charade.
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