"Idol of 10,000,000 Radio Fans...NOW ON THE SCREEN! In a Teeming, Action-Packed Melodrama of Human Emotions!"

1931

1h 21m

6.3(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

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

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14 members

Creator

Phillips Lord

Seth Parker

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Effie Palmer

Mrs. Parker

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Frank Albertson

David Clark

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Bette Davis

Mary Lucy Duffy

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Frankie Darro

Robbie

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Dorothy Peterson

Rose Clark

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Stanley Fields

Rufe Turner

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Oscar Apfel

Wobbling Duffy

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Sophia M. Lord

Lizzie

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Bennett Kilpack

Cephus

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Raymond Hunter

Captain Bang

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Wade Boteler

Income Tax Man (uncredited)

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Frank Darien

Station Master (uncredited)

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Lon Poff

Constable (uncredited)

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