Amateur Daddy (1932)
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.
Director:
John G. Blystone
Writers:
Frank Dolan, Doris Malloy.
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Warner Baxter as Jim Gladden |
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Marian Nixon as Sally Smith |
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Rita La Roy as Lotti Pelgram |
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William Pawley as 2nd Fred Smith |
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Lucille Powers as Olive Smith |
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David Landau as Sam Pelgram |
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Clarence Wilson as William J. 'Bill' Hansen |
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Frankie Darro as Pete Smith |
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Gail Kornfeld as Lily Smith |
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Joe Hachey as Sam Pelgram, Jr. |
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Edwin Stanley as 1st Fred Smith |
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Joan Breslau as Nancy Smith |
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Nora Cecil as Saleslady |
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Harry Dunkinson as Fat Hicks |
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Rodney Hildebrandt as Deputy Sheriff |
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Ben Taggart as Deputy Sheriff |
| Directing | John G. Blystone | Director |
| Writing | Mildred Cram | Novel |
| Writing | Frank Dolan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Doris Malloy | Screenplay |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Cox | Costume Design |
| Camera | James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |