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A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
- 6.2
- 1931
- Released
- 1h 21m
Effie Palmer
Mrs. Parker
Frank Albertson
David Clark
Bette Davis
Mary Lucy Duffy
Frankie Darro
Robbie
Dorothy Peterson
Rose Clark
Stanley Fields
Rufe Turner
Oscar Apfel
Wobbling DuffySophia M. Lord
LizzieBennett Kilpack
CephusRaymond Hunter
Captain Bang
Wade Boteler
Income Tax Man (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Station Master (uncredited)
Lon Poff
Constable (uncredited)Released
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- #chase
- #foster parents
- #maine
- #rural area
- #foster child
- #pre-code
- #elopement
- #social outcast
- #child custody
- #spinster
- #barn dance
- #social gathering
- #unwed mother
- #farmhand
- #adoptive parent
- #out of wedlock child
Reviews
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 - despit