Way Back Home (1931)
Directed by William A. Seiter / William Seiter
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Nov 13, 1931 (USA - Unknown), Nov 13, 1931 (USA) |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The bucolic tearjerker Way Back Home is a spin-off of the popular radio series Seth Parker, with Phillips H. Lord, creator-star of the radio original, repeating his role as backwoods philosopher Parker. The plot centers on the romantic tribulations of Mary Lucy (Bette Davis, who received the munificent sum of $300 per week for her performance!), and David Clark (Frank Albertson), who are being kept apart by their feuding parents. Armed with a surfeit of advice -- and, on occasion, a shotgun -- Seth Parker helps the lovers overcome a nasty local scandal during their journey to the altar. Deftly woven into the screenplay are such rural pastimes as taffy-pulling, community "sings," and barn dances. It's hard to believe that Phillips Lord, so convincing as the kindly Parker, was the same man responsible for the blood-and-thunder radio serial I Love a Mystery. In England, where the radio program was an unknown commodity, Way Back Home was retitled Old Greatheart.
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adoption, alcoholism, bishop, chase, custody, father, lover, railroad