Mary Jane's Pa

Apr 27, 1935

1h 10m

★ 6.0

They Set a New High in Howls!

Overview

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

First National Pictures

Mary Jane's Pa Trailers

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Cast

Ellen Preston

Aline MacMahon

Sam Preston

Guy Kibbee

King Wagner

Tom Brown

John Wagner

Robert McWade

Kenneth Marvin

Minor Watson

Lucille Preston

Nan Grey

Linc Overman

John Arledge

Fred

Robert Light

Mary Jane Preston

Betty Jean Hainey

Chief Bailey

Oscar Apfel

Sheriff

DeWitt Jennings

Gene

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