Folks, meet a grand FATHER! He's the affable, laffable head of the most delightful family that ever stepped out of America's screens...into America's hearts!
6.786
108 min
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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Fredric March | William Spence | Unowned |
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Martha Scott | Hope Morris Spence | Unowned |
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Beulah Bondi | Lydia Sandow | Unowned |
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Gene Lockhart | Preston Thurston | Unowned |
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Elisabeth Fraser | Eileen Spence at Age 17 | Unowned |
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Harry Davenport | Elias Samson | Unowned |
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Laura Hope Crews | Mrs. Preston Thurston | Unowned |
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Grant Mitchell | Clayton Potter | Unowned |
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Moroni Olsen | Dr. John Romer | Unowned |
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Frankie Thomas | Hartzell Spence | Unowned |
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Jerome Cowan | Dr. Horrigan | Unowned |
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Ernest Cossart | John E. Morris | Unowned |
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Nana Bryant | Mrs. Morris | Unowned |
| Carlotta Jelm | Eileen Spence | Unowned | |
| Peter Caldwell | Hartzell Spence | Unowned | |
| Casey Johnson | Frazer Spence | Unowned | |
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Dorothy Adams | Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Joan Anderson | Child (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Roscoe Ates | George Reynolds (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Leah Baird | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Clara Blandick | Sister Watkins (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hobart Bosworth | Richard Hardy Case (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Jed Breslau | Child (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Harlan Briggs | Mac MacFarland (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Virginia Brissac | Mrs. Jellison (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Mary Brodel | Second Bride (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Sonny Bupp | Boy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Chester Conklin | Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Ted Crane | Child (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Charles Drake | Second Bridegroom (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Ann Edmonds | First Bride (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Sarah Edwards | Mrs. Spicer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dick Elliott | Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Fern Emmett | Woman Gossip (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Charles Ferguson | Townsman (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Mary Field | Lulu Digby (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Inez Gay | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Sol Gorss | Panhandler (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Gould | Fire Chief (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Creighton Hale | Church Usher (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Halton | Haskins (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Herbert Heywood | Shopkeeper (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gertrude Hoffmann | Elderly Woman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Olin Howland | Train Station Master (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Delos Jewkes | Choir Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Payne B. Johnson | School Boy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Fred Kelsey | Train Conductor (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Milton Kibbee | Alf McAfee (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mickey Kuhn | Boy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harry Lewis | Young Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Vera Lewis | Mrs. Simpson (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Audra Lindley | Mother (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Becky Mack | Thurstons' Maid (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Jean Maddox | First Mother (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Hank Mann | Sam (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank Marlowe | Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Thomas Martin | Fire Watcher (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Frank Mayo | Waiting Train Passenger (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert McKim | Handsome Jack Pressley (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mira McKinney | Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Freddie Mercer | Choir Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Bess Meyers | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Harold Miller | Second Clerk (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jack Mower | Man Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited) | Unowned |
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George Nichols | Prechin' Bill Hardy (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Bob O'Connor | Fire Watcher (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Tempe Pigott | Mrs. Dibble (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jane Randolph | Mother (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Gus Reed | Choir Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Frank Reicher | Board Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Sam Rice | Man Quieting Boys in Theater (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ruth Robinson | Lydia's Maid (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Virginia Sale | Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Sandy Shaw | Child (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Reginald Simpson | Candy Butcher (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Walter Soderling | Parishiner Wanting More Sin in Sermon (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Charlotte Treadway | Ella Hodges (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Paula Trueman | Miss Peabody (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Joyce Tucker | Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Dorothy Vaughan | Mrs. Ehrlich (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Lottie Williams | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Tom Wilson | Fireman Angus (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gig Young | First Groom Asking for Dog Licence (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Terry Moore | Choir Member (uncredited) | Unowned |