Amateur Daddy

Apr 10, 1932

1h 11m

★ 0.0

Vibrant with the Happy Spirit of Youth and Romance

Overview

Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred's deathbed request to go to Scotch Valley and take care of his surviving wife and children. When Jim arrives in the small town, he is told that there are two Fred Smith families in Scotch Valley, the rich Smiths and the poor Smiths. Jim assumes that the Smiths he is looking for are the poor ones, and is directed to a house where four children live in poverty.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Jim Gladden

Warner Baxter

Sally Smith

Marian Nixon

Lotti Pelgram

Rita La Roy

2nd Fred Smith

William Pawley

Olive Smith

Lucille Powers

Sam Pelgram

David Landau

William J. 'Bill' Hansen

Clarence Wilson

Pete Smith

Frankie Darro

Lily Smith

Gail Kornfeld

Sam Pelgram, Jr.

Joe Hachey

1st Fred Smith

Edwin Stanley

Nancy Smith

Joan Breslau

After years of failing to get pregnant, Frank's baby-crazed wife, Estelle, forces the issue by secretly putting them back on the adoption wait list. When Estelle receives a phone call about the possibility of an available child, Frank must suddenly decide whether he's committed to becoming a "Pop" or not.

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