Romance of the Limberlost

Jun 16, 1938

1h 15m

★ 0.0

Overview

An orphaned girl is being raised in the Limberlost by her aunt, who hates her because the girl's mother married the man that the aunt loved. The girl's existence is close to being servitude bondage, and her only companions are the birds and the animals of the forest. She meets and falls in love with a young man whose ambition is to be a lawyer. But her aunt is arranging for her to be married to the wealthiest man in the Limberlost, a drunken, coarse bully.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Romance of the Limberlost Trailers

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Cast

Laurie

Jean Parker

Wayne

Eric Linden

Nora

Marjorie Main

Corson

Edward Pawley

Mrs. Parker

Betty Blythe

Sarah

Sarah Padden

Nathan

George Cleveland

Chris

Hollis Jewell

Judge

Guy Usher

Ruth

Jean O'Neill

Fair Barker

Budd Buster

Lawyer

William Gould

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