Directed by:
Frank R. StrayerScreenplay:
Robert EllisCinematography:
M.A. AndersonCast:
Lila Lee, Dickie Moore, Onslow Stevens, Claude Gillingwater, Clarence Geldart, Tom Ricketts, Lloyd Ingraham, Tommy Bupp, James T. Mack, William Arnold (more)Plots(1)
A steel-hearted industrialist, Morley punishes his wayward daughter, Sharon, with a devastating choice. She must surrender her young son, Laurence, to the tycoon's care and forever vanish from the boy's life. In return the boy will be raised in luxury with every educational advantage. Her alternative is to have her son continue to share her life of struggle and squalor. Tearfully, she leaves her beloved boy with his grandfather, expecting to never see him again. The collapse of the stock market wipes out the old man's fortune. Abandoned by his friends and terminally ill, he still refuses to forgive his daughter, the one person on earth who cares about him. Only the love for his grandson, the one spark of warmth in his cold stubborn heart, has a chance of redeeming this tortured family. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lila Lee
USA
Best movies:
Male and Female (1919)
Blood and Sand (1922)
Dickie Moore
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
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Onslow Stevens
USA
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Counsellor at Law (1933)
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Claude Gillingwater
USA
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Conquest (1937)
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Clarence Geldart
Canada
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Tom Ricketts
UK
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The Invisible Man (1933)
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Lloyd Ingraham
USA
Best movies:
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Tommy Bupp
USA
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James T. Mack
USA
Best movies:
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William Arnold
USA
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rosita Marstini
France
Best movies:
The Big Parade (1925)
Blood and Sand (1922)
June Preston
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Second Chorus (1940)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)