The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred's deathbed request to go to Scotch Valley and take care of his surviving wife and children. When Jim arrives in the small town, he is told that there are two Fred Smith families in Scotch Valley, the rich Smiths and the poor Smiths. Jim assumes that the Smiths he is looking for are the poor ones, and is directed to a house where four children live in poverty.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Doris MalloyScreenplay
- John G. BlystoneDirector
- Frank DolanScreenplay
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Warner BaxterJim Gladden
- Marian NixonSally Smith
- Rita La RoyLotti Pelgram
- William Pawley2nd Fred Smith
- Lucille PowersOlive Smith
- David LandauSam Pelgram
- Clarence WilsonWilliam J. 'Bill' Hansen
- Frankie DarroPete Smith
- Gail KornfeldLily Smith
- Joe HacheySam Pelgram, Jr.
- Edwin Stanley1st Fred Smith
- Joan BreslauNancy Smith
Stills
Themes
adoptionmistaken identityorphanpledge