18 December 1936 Music 87 mins
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
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Bobby Breen as Philip Ainsworth
May Robson as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
Charles Butterworth as Barrett
Alan Mowbray as Ralph Layton
Benita Hume as Julia Layton
Henry O'Neill as Father Josef
Louise Beavers as Toinette
Marilyn Knowlden as Lucille Layton
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Doctor (uncredited)
Matthew Beard as Lilybell Jones (uncredited)
Betty Blythe as Flower Buyer (uncredited)
Mozelle Britton as (uncredited)
Theresa Maxwell Conover as Mrs. Logan (uncredited)
Jack Egger as (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer as Superintendent (uncredited)
Lew Kelly as Cabman (uncredited)
Kurt Neumann Director
Clarence Marks Writer
Harry Chandlee Writer
Sol Lesser Producer
Earle Snell Writer
William Hurlbut Writer
Mrs. C.V. Jamison Story
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United States 18 December 1936
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