A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Dickie Moore | ... | Thomas Hall Jr | |
| Martha Sleeper | ... | Ellen Hall | |
| John Miljan | ... | Thomas Hall Sr. | |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Thornton - the Tutor | |
| Paul Hurst | ... | Detective | |
| Gloria Shea | ... | Jane Holsworth | |
| Jane Darwell | ... | Mary O'Brien | |
| Barbara Bedford | ... | Miss Booth | |
| Sam Flint | ... | Jim Lawton - Mrs. Hall's Attorney | |
| Niles Welch | ... | Mr. Hall's Attorney | |
| Edward LeSaint | ... | Judge | |
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Bobby Callahan | ||
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A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
Plot Keywords:
mother son relationship | husband wife relationship | father son relationship | family relationships | schoolboy |Taglines:
The Real Victim of "The Eternal Triangle" - The Child of Estranged Parents - Defrauded of His Birthright or Parental Love and Understanding. See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 October 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
To-morrow's Youth See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Balsley and Phillips Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Martha Sleeper goes with son Dickie Moore to see her husband, John Miljan at his office. He's leaving to go for the weekend with his girlfriend, Gloria Shea. Young Dickie asks some pointed questions that cause Miss Sleeper to consider divorce. On the advice of her lawyer, she separates, taking Dickie with her. Eventually, however, Miljan gets the boy for six months. He hires Franklin Pangborn (aka "that big sissy") as his tutor.
With the rise of the Production Code, this movie could not be as frank as earlier movies about divorce could be. Instead it casts the players in stock roles: the villain (Miss Shea); the clueless stiff (Miljan); and the wronged and noble victim (Miss Sleeper), with a little child to eventually lead them. It disapproves of all the things the Code demanded disapproval of, with a stock reconciliation. Despite real talent among the players (including Jane Darwell as the Irish cook), director Charles Lamont seems to be best at directing the sequences with large numbers of children, which are a lot of fun. As a serious drama, though, it lacks much of a sense of reality.