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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Mae MarshMa Shelby
James DunnJohnny Shelby as an Adult
Sally EilersIsabel Potter as an Adult
James KirkwoodPa Shelby in Prologue
Claire MaynardPhyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
Olin HowlandIsaac as an Adult
Joan PeersSusan as an Adult
Tommy ConlonJohnny Shelby in Prologue
Marilyn HarrisSusan Shelby in PrologueExplore the crew
- Writer
- Jules Furthman
- Director
- Henry King
- Writer
- Tom Barry
- Editor
- Frank E. Hull
- Director of Photography
- John F. Seitz