Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart writes himself letters his father should be writing. When his hoax is discovered, Philip attempts suicide.
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Frances Farmer as Sally Colman
Lester Matthews as Mark Stewart
Porter Hall as Mrs. Saunders
Henry Travers as Wilkins
Billy Lee as Billy Miller
George Ernest as Phillip Stewart
Sherwood Bailey as Clarence Talbot Jr.
Douglas Scott as Morton Downing
Colin Tapley as Miller
Buster Phelps as Clinton Meadows
Howard Hickman as Colonel Colman
Sylvia Breamer as Malloy
Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Downing
Lois Kent as Morton's Sister
Jonathan Hale as Judge
Carl Switzer as Kid Singer
Robert F. McGowan Director
Karl Struss Cinematography
Edward Dmytryk Editor
Doris Malloy Screenplay
A.M. Botsford Producer
Virginia Van Upp Screenplay
United States 19 March 1936
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