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13/11/1931 Drama 1h 21m
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Overview

A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.

  1. William A. Seiter

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Phillips Lord

    Seth Parker

  2. Effie Palmer

    Mrs. Parker

  3. Frank Albertson

    David Clark

  4. Bette Davis

    Mary Lucy Duffy

  5. Frankie Darro

    Robbie

  6. Dorothy Peterson

    Rose Clark

  7. Stanley Fields

    Rufe Turner

  8. Oscar Apfel

    Wobbling Duffy

  9. Sophia M. Lord

    Lizzie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-01-09
This has the look of a silent film to the production, and with a decent story and a solid effort from Phillips Lord, is actually quite watchable. He adopts the young "Robbie" (Frankie Darro) after his brute of a father goes AWOL. Together with his wife (Effie Palmer), they soon come to love the lad, but a neighbourly dispute prompts the return of "Rufe" (Stanley Fields) to reclaim his son - despite the protestations of just about everyone else? Meantime, the young man's friend "Mary Lucy" (Bette Davis) is having family troubles of her own as her father will not let her see her beau "David" (Fr...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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