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

Release Date : 1931-11-13

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Seth Parker

Original Name : Phillips Lord

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Parker

Original Name : Effie Palmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Clark

Original Name : Frank Albertson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Lucy Duffy

Original Name : Bette Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Robbie

Original Name : Frankie Darro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rose Clark

Original Name : Dorothy Peterson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rufe Turner

Original Name : Stanley Fields

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wobbling Duffy

Original Name : Oscar Apfel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lizzie

Original Name : Sophia M. Lord

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cephus

Original Name : Bennett Kilpack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Bang

Original Name : Raymond Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Income Tax Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Wade Boteler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Master (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Darien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable (uncredited)

Original Name : Lon Poff

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-01-09

This has the look of a silent film to the production, and with a decent story and a solid effort from Phillips Lord, is actually quite watchable. He adopts the young "Robbie" (Frankie Darro) after his brute of a father goes AWOL. Together with his wife (Effie Palmer), they soon come to love the lad, but a neighbourly dispute prompts the return of "Rufe" (Stanley Fields) to reclaim his son - despite the protestations of just about everyone else? Meantime, the young man's friend "Mary Lucy" (Bette Davis) is having family troubles of her own as her father will not let her see her beau "David" (Frank Albertson). Can they navigate the difficulties ahead find happiness? Davis (more especially, her big eyes) features quite sparingly; the film really belongs to an engaging performance from Lord as the decent family man determined to do what is right. The production is very basic. The camera work isn't helped by the editing (or is it the other way round?) but some work has gone into the characterisations and the dialogue is sparse enough to let the imagery do most the work - culminating in quite an entertaining buggy chase with some fisticuffs! No, it's not a film you are ever likely to recall watching afterwards, but it is quite fun and offers us a glimpse of rural American life in the 1920s.