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Status
Released
Release
1941
Runtime
1h 48m
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"Folks, meet a grand FATHER! He's the affable, laffable head of the most delightful family that ever stepped out of America's screens...into America's hearts!"
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
84 Cast Members
Fredric March
William Spence
Martha Scott
Hope Morris Spence
Beulah Bondi
Lydia Sandow
Gene Lockhart
Preston Thurston
Elisabeth Fraser
Eileen Spence at Age 17
Harry Davenport
Elias Samson
Laura Hope Crews
Mrs. Preston Thurston
Grant Mitchell
Clayton Potter
Moroni Olsen
Dr. John Romer
Frankie Thomas
Hartzell Spence
Jerome Cowan
Dr. Horrigan
Ernest Cossart
John E. Morris
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Morris
Carlotta Jelm
Eileen Spence
Peter Caldwell
Hartzell Spence
Casey Johnson
Frazer Spence
Dorothy Adams
Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
Joan Anderson
Child (uncredited)
Roscoe Ates
George Reynolds (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
