Mind Your Own Business

Mind Your Own Business

NR 1936 · 75 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy

Nature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends" column and to volunteer for his favorite cause, the Boy Scouts. When Orville's editor, Crane, orders him to spice up his column, Orville's wife Melba writes a gossip column using animals as metaphors for people. Crane loves Melba's article and gives Orville a raise, and the column becomes a hit.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod · Written by John Francis Larkin

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