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Something Greater Than Life Itself
An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and eventually grows attached to a troubled young student whom she comes to believe is her own grandson. When she finds out that the boy's father will be visiting him, she prepares herself to be reunited with the man she has convinced herself is her long-lost son.Read moreLess
An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and eventually grows attached to a troubled young student whom she comes to believe is her own grandson. When she finds out that the boy's father will be visiting him, she prepares herself to be reunited with the man she has convinced herself is her long-lost son.
The story
An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and eventually grows attached to a troubled young student whom she comes to believe is her own grandson. When she finds out that the boy's father will be visiting him, she prepares herself to be reunited with the man she has convinced herself is her long-lost son.
Cast & crew
Mabel PaigeMrs. Freeman
John CravenDan Freeman
Dorothy MorrisLucia Stanton
Harry ShannonTom Gibbons
Charles DingleJim Parsonss
Tom SeidelBill Hedge
Peter LawfordJoe Downes
Richard CranePaul Parker
Chester CluteMr. Roseby
Vera LewisAggressive Miss GreenExplore the crew
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Editor
- Ernest J. Nims
- Director of Photography
- Jack A. Marta
- Writer
- Frances Hyland
- Original Music Composer
- Walter Scharf