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Mary Jane's Pa 1935 Directed by William Keighley

They Set a New High in Howls!

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, 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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 27 April 1935
70 mins
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Aline MacMahon Ellen Preston
Guy Kibbee Sam Preston
Tom Brown King Wagner
Robert McWade John Wagner
Minor Watson Kenneth Marvin
Nan Grey Lucille Preston
John Arledge Linc Overman
Betty Jean Hainey Mary Jane Preston
Oscar Apfel Chief Bailey
Jack Kennedy Watchman
Margaret Armstrong Third Gossip
Irving Bacon Clerk Getting Tied Up
Joseph E. Bernard Plainclothesman with Sheriff
Ward Bond Roughneck Leader
Bonita First Gossip
James P. Burtis Motor Cop
Eddy Chandler Watkins - Turnkey
Georgie Cooper Mrs. Bailey
Nick Copeland Nick - Marvin's Campaign Worker
Frank Fanning Plainclothesman with Sheriff
Roger Gray Bartender
Lew Harvey Roughneck
John Hyams Man at Carnival with Big Hat
Milton Kibbee Bill - Printing Press Mechanic
Eddie Lee Chinese Man
Edward McWade Chuck - the Old Timer
Frank Meredith Motor Cop
Sam Rice Marvin's Campaign Worker
George Riley Magician at Carnival
Rosalie Roy Secretary
Kathryn Sheldon Second Gossip
Harry Wilson Roughneck
Tom Wilson Tom - Marvin's Campaign Worker
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