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8.5In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.
Released: 1931-11-2989 minDir: Henry KingDrama
Cast
- Mae Marsh as Ma Shelby
- James Dunn as Johnny Shelby as an Adult
- Sally Eilers as Isabel Potter as an Adult
- James Kirkwood as Pa Shelby in Prologue
- Edward Crandall as Thomas as an Adult
- Claire Maynard as Phyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
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- 1931
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Henry King
- Screenwriter
- Tom Barry
- Cast member
- Mae Marsh
- Production company
- Fox Film Corporation
- Cinematographer
- John F. Seitz
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1931 American films1931 drama films1931 English-language films1931 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican drama filmsEnglish-language drama filmsFilms based on poemsFilms directed by Henry KingFox Film filmsRemakes of American filmsSound film remakes of silent filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date