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Way Back Home

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

1931-11-13 Drama 1hr 21m

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

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Way Back Home

Storyline

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

  • Released
    1931-11-13
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 21m
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
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  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures

Crew

William A. Seiter
Director
Jane Murfin
Screenplay
William LeBaron
Producer
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

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Cast

Phillips Lord

Phillips Lord
Seth Parker
Effie Palmer

Effie Palmer
Mrs. Parker
Frank Albertson

Frank Albertson
David Clark
Bette Davis

Bette Davis
Mary Lucy Duffy
Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro
Robbie
Dorothy Peterson

Dorothy Peterson
Rose Clark
Stanley Fields

Stanley Fields
Rufe Turner
Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel
Wobbling Duffy
Sophia M. Lord

Sophia M. Lord
Lizzie
Bennett Kilpack

Bennett Kilpack
Cephus
Raymond Hunter

Raymond Hunter
Captain Bang
Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler
Income Tax Man (uncredited)
Frank Darien

Frank Darien
Station Master (uncredited)
Lon Poff

Lon Poff
Constable (uncredited)

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Reviews for Way Back Home
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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-01-09

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 watch... read more

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" (Frank Albertson). Can they navigate the difficulties ahead find happiness? Davis (more especially, her big eyes) features quite sparingly; the film really belongs to an engaging performance from Lord as the decent family man determined to do what is right. The production is very basic. The camera work isn't helped by the editing (or is it the other way round?) but some work has gone into the characterisations and the dialogue is sparse enough to let the imagery do most the work - culminating in quite an entertaining buggy chase with some fisticuffs! No, it's not a film you are ever likely to recall watching afterwards, but it is quite fun and offers us a glimpse of rural American life in the 1920s.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

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 w...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-01-09

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...

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