Story Line
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.
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Top Cast
Mae Marsh
Ma Shelby
James Dunn
Johnny Shelby as an Adult
Sally Eilers
Isabel Potter as an Adult
James Kirkwood
Pa Shelby in Prologue
Edward Crandall
Thomas as an Adult
Claire Maynard
Phyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
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Rating
8.5/ 10
Release Date
1931-11-29
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama
