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  • Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
  • Approved
    70 min | Drama
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
Approved
70 min | Drama

Sam is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for and packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
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Director
Writers
Tom Reed (screen play) | Peter Milne (screen play) | Edith Ellis Furness (play "Mary Jane's Pa") | Norman Way (novel version of the play)
Cinematographer
Ernest Haller (photography by)
Editor
Clarence Kolster (edited by)
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Updated Apr 27, 1935

Release date
Apr 27, 1935 (United States)

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41 cast members
Name Known for
Aline MacMahon
Ellen Preston Ellen Preston   See fewer
Guy Kibbee
Sam Preston Sam Preston   See fewer
Tom Brown
King Wagner King Wagner   See fewer
Robert McWade
John Wagner John Wagner   See fewer
Minor Watson
Kenneth Marvin Kenneth Marvin   See fewer
Nan Grey
Lucille Preston Lucille Preston   See fewer
John Arledge
Linc Overman (as Johnny Arledge) Linc Overman (as Johnny Arledge)   See fewer
Betty Jean Hainey
Mary Jane Preston Mary Jane Preston   See fewer
Oscar Apfel
Chief Bailey Chief Bailey   See fewer
DeWitt Jennings
Sheriff Sheriff   See fewer
Jack Kennedy
Watchman Watchman   See fewer
Margaret Armstrong
Third Gossip (uncredited) Third Gossip (uncredited)   See fewer
Irving Bacon
Clerk Getting Tied Up (uncredited) Clerk Getting Tied Up (uncredited)   See fewer
Joseph E. Bernard
Plainclothesman with Sheriff (uncredited) Plainclothesman with Sheriff (uncredited)   See fewer
Ward Bond
Roughneck Leader (uncredited) Roughneck Leader (uncredited)   See fewer
Bonita
First Gossip (uncredited) First Gossip (uncredited)   See fewer
James P. Burtis
Motor Cop (uncredited) Motor Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddy Chandler
Watkins - Turnkey (uncredited) Watkins - Turnkey (uncredited)   See fewer
Georgie Cooper
Mrs. Bailey (uncredited) Mrs. Bailey (uncredited)   See fewer
Nick Copeland
Nick - Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited) Nick - Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited)   See fewer
Don Downen
Youth (uncredited) Youth (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Fanning
Plainclothesman with Sheriff (uncredited) Plainclothesman with Sheriff (uncredited)   See fewer
Roger Gray
Bartender (uncredited) Bartender (uncredited)   See fewer
Lew Harvey
Roughneck (uncredited) Roughneck (uncredited)   See fewer
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Roughneck (uncredited) Roughneck (uncredited)   See fewer
John Hyams
Man at Carnival with Big Hat (uncredited) Man at Carnival with Big Hat (uncredited)   See fewer
Milton Kibbee
Bill - Printing Press Mechanic (uncredited) Bill - Printing Press Mechanic (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Lee
Chinese Man (uncredited) Chinese Man (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert McKenzie
Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Edward McWade
Chuck - the Old Timer (uncredited) Chuck - the Old Timer (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Meredith
Motor Cop (uncredited) Motor Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Sam Rice
Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited) Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited)   See fewer
George Riley
Magician at Carnival (uncredited) Magician at Carnival (uncredited)   See fewer
Rosalie Roy
Secretary (uncredited) Secretary (uncredited)   See fewer
Kathryn Sheldon
Second Gossip (uncredited) Second Gossip (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Wilson
Roughneck (uncredited) Roughneck (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Wilson
Tom - Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited) Tom - Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited)   See fewer
Helen Wood
Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited)   See fewer
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