Sam is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for and packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
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| Aline MacMahon | ... |
Ellen Preston
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| Guy Kibbee | ... |
Sam Preston
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| Tom Brown | ... |
King Wagner
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| Robert McWade | ... |
John Wagner
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| Minor Watson | ... |
Kenneth Marvin
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| Nan Grey | ... |
Lucille Preston
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| John Arledge | ... |
Linc Overman
(as Johnny Arledge)
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| Robert Light | ... |
Fred
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Betty Jean Hainey | ... |
Mary Jane Preston
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| Oscar Apfel | ... |
Chief Bailey
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| DeWitt Jennings | ... |
Sheriff
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| Carl Stockdale | ... |
Gene
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| Louis Mason | ... |
Jones
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Jack Kennedy | ... |
Watchman
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| Margaret Armstrong | ... |
Third Gossip (uncredited)
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| Irving Bacon | ... |
Clerk Getting Tied Up (uncredited)
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| Joseph E. Bernard | ... |
Plainclothesman with Sheriff (uncredited)
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| Ward Bond | ... |
Roughneck Leader (uncredited)
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Bonita | ... |
First Gossip (uncredited)
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| James P. Burtis | ... |
Motor Cop (uncredited)
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| Eddy Chandler | ... |
Watkins - Turnkey (uncredited)
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Georgie Cooper | ... |
Mrs. Bailey (uncredited)
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Nick Copeland | ... |
Nick - Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited)
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Don Downen | ... |
Youth (uncredited)
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| Frank Fanning | ... |
Plainclothesman with Sheriff (uncredited)
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| Roger Gray | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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| Lew Harvey | ... |
Roughneck (uncredited)
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Ben Hendricks Jr. | ... |
Roughneck (uncredited)
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John Hyams | ... |
Man at Carnival with Big Hat (uncredited)
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| Milton Kibbee | ... |
Bill - Printing Press Mechanic (uncredited)
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Eddie Lee | ... |
Chinese Man (uncredited)
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| Robert McKenzie | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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| Edward McWade | ... |
Chuck - the Old Timer (uncredited)
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Frank Meredith | ... |
Motor Cop (uncredited)
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Sam Rice | ... |
Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited)
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George Riley | ... |
Magician at Carnival (uncredited)
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| Rosalie Roy | ... |
Secretary (uncredited)
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| Kathryn Sheldon | ... |
Second Gossip (uncredited)
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| Harry Wilson | ... |
Roughneck (uncredited)
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| Tom Wilson | ... |
Tom - Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited)
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| Helen Wood | ... |
Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
| William Keighley | ||
Written by
| Tom Reed | ... | (screen play) & |
| Peter Milne | ... | (screen play) |
| Edith Ellis Furness | ... | (play "Mary Jane's Pa") |
| Norman Way | ... | (novel version of the play) |
Produced by
| Robert Presnell Sr. | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Heinz Roemheld | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Ernest Haller | ... | (photography by) |
Editing by
| Clarence Kolster | ... | (edited by) |
Art Direction by
| Esdras Hartley | ||
Camera and Electrical Department
| Al Roberts | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Leo F. Forbstein | ... | musical director |
| Bernhard Kaun | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) / composer: trailer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
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- Warner Bros. (1935) (United States) (theatrical)
- Vitagraph Limited (1935) (Canada) (theatrical)
- First National Film Distributors (1935) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-titled)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
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| Plot Summary |
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family (wife Ellen, two daughters and a son,) he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone. He wanders from town to town searching for them and, finally, comes upon a little lost girl named Mary James, takes her to her home, and discovers she is his youngest daughter. Ellen is now running another newspaper, and is interested in politics...and another man. But after he pleads to remain with his children, she allows him to stay incognito as a housekeeper. Then, the town gossips go to work.
Written by Les Adams |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Ward Bond makes a brief "speaking part" appearance as a thug throwing the switch to shut off the printing press as bad guys enter the room to stop the story from being printed. "You're not going to press, that's what it means." See more » |
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