Way Back Home poster

Way Back Home( 1931)

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Idol of 10,000,000 Radio Fans...NOW ON THE SCREEN! In a Teeming, Action-Packed Melodrama of Human Emotions!

Overview

A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Phillips Lord

      Seth Parker

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      Effie Palmer

      Mrs. Parker

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      Frank Albertson

      David Clark

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      Bette Davis

      Mary Lucy Duffy

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      Frankie Darro

      Robbie

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      Dorothy Peterson

      Rose Clark

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      Stanley Fields

      Rufe Turner

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      Oscar Apfel

      Wobbling Duffy

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      Sophia M. Lord

      Lizzie

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      Bennett Kilpack

      Cephus

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      Raymond Hunter

      Captain Bang

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      Wade Boteler

      Income Tax Man (uncredited)

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      Frank Darien

      Station Master (uncredited)

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      Lon Poff

      Constable (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jan 09 2023
    This has the look of a silent film to the production, and with a decent story and a solid effort from Phillips Lord, is actually quite watchable. He adopts the young "Robbie" (Frankie Darro) after his brute of a father goes AWOL. Together with his wife (Effie Palmer), they soon come to love the lad, but a neighbourly dispute prompts the return of "Rufe" (Stanley Fields) to reclaim his son - despite the protestations of just about everyone else? Meantime, the young man's friend "Mary Lucy" (Bette Davis) is having family troubles of her own as her father will not let her see her beau "David" (Fra...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • chase
    • foster parents
    • maine
    • rural area
    • foster child
    • pre-code
    • elopement
    • social outcast
    • child custody
    • spinster
    • barn dance
    • social gathering
    • unwed mother
    • farmhand
    • adoptive parent
    • out of wedlock child
    • loving parents