The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
In 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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom BarryWriter
- Henry KingDirector
- Jules FurthmanWriter
Cast
- Mae MarshMa Shelby
- James DunnJohnny Shelby as an Adult
- Sally EilersIsabel Potter as an Adult
- James KirkwoodPa Shelby in Prologue
- Edward CrandallThomas as an Adult
- Claire MaynardPhyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
- Olin HowlandIsaac as an Adult
- Joan PeersSusan as an Adult
- Joe HacheyIsaac Shelby in Prologue
- Tommy ConlonJohnny Shelby in Prologue
- Julius MolnarThomas Shelby in Prologue
- Marilyn HarrisSusan Shelby in Prologue
Stills
Themes
farm house