The Jones Family's first 1938 film, Love on a Budget, features Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, and Florence Roberts reprising their roles as Pa, Ma, and Granny Jones. Shirley Deane and Russell Gleason, her real-life husband, play Bonnie and Herbert, the newlyweds trying to make ends meet on a tight budget. Their plans are threatened by Uncle Charlie's get-rich-quick schemes, but a last-minute financial turnaround saves the day.
Love on a Budget
After a joyous wedding, the Jones family finds themselves in a tight financial spot, but their clever uncle Charlie concocts a plan to turn their fortunes around.