United States / Apr 27, 1935 / NR
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert Light | Fred |
| Betty Jean Hainey | Mary Jane Preston |
| Oscar Apfel | Chief Bailey |
| DeWitt Jennings | Sheriff |
| Carl Stockdale | Gene |
| Louis Mason | Jones |
| 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 |
| Don Downen | Youth |
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| Frank Fanning | Plainclothesman with Sheriff |
| Roger Gray | Bartender |
| Lew Harvey | Roughneck |
| Ben Hendricks Jr. | Roughneck |
| John Hyams | Man at Carnival with Big Hat |
| Milton Kibbee | Bill - Printing Press Mechanic |
| Eddie Lee | Chinese Man |
| Robert McKenzie | Waiter |
| 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 |
| Helen Wood | Extra |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mary Jane's Pa |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures |
| Release date | 27 aprile 1935 |
| Production | Robert Presnell Sr. |
| Writer | Tom Reed, Peter Milne, Edith Ellis Furness |
| Editing | Clarence Kolster |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Assistant directors | William Keighley |
| Camera operators | Ernest Haller |
| Additional photography | Ernest Haller |
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| Production design | Esdras Hartley |
| Art direction | Esdras Hartley |
| Set decoration | Esdras Hartley |
| Music | Heinz Roemheld |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld |
Release dates
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