Top billed cast

1. 

   Jean Parker

   Mazie

2. 

   Tom Brown

   Adam

3. 

   Zasu Pitts

   Esthey Roberts

4. 

   Arthur Byron

   Slag

5. 

   Beulah Bondi

   Mrs. Slag

6. 

   Nydia Westman

   Corie

7. 

   Willard Robertson

   George Marshall

8. 

   Charley Grapewin

   Sandy Roberts

9. 

   Emerson Treacy

   Milt Pollard

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Reviews

A review by Frank F

Written by Frank F on 2018-06-21

An excellent pre-code, depression-era film about the hardships and cruelty experienced by mistreated youth in a back-wood, uneducated, poor farming community.

Jean Parker delivers an excellent performance depicting Mazie, an orphan who is under the foster care of cruel farmer Slag and his wife. Slag is beginning to look at his young, but well-developed ward Mazie in a not-very-fatherly way.

Mazie's only friend, kind farm hand George Marshall, quits because of Slag's cruelty. George asks Mazie about herself and he promises to contact Mazie once he completes some research.

Adam, a runn...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• great depression
• pregnant minor
• run away
• orphan
• child labor
• pre-code
• reform school