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Too Many Parents

Film

Too Many Parents

4.5

1h 13m

1936

Synopsis

Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart writes himself letters his father should be writing. When his hoax is discovered, Philip attempts suicide.

Director

Robert F. McGowan

Drama

parent child relationship

Cast & Crew

Frances Farmer

Frances Farmer

as Sally Colman

Lester Matthews

Lester Matthews

as Mark Stewart

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

as Mrs. Saunders

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

as Wilkins

Billy Lee

Billy Lee

as Billy Miller

George Ernest

George Ernest

as Phillip Stewart

Sherwood Bailey

Sherwood Bailey

as Clarence Talbot Jr.

Douglas Scott

Douglas Scott

as Morton Downing

Colin Tapley

Colin Tapley

as Miller

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