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Mary Jane's Pa

1935 · 70 min

A gentle, old-fashioned small-town drama about an absent father trying to slip back into his family's life, mixing folksy warmth with quiet regret.

Directed by
William Keighley
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown
Tagline
They Set a New High in Howls!
Overview
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.

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Directed by
William Keighley
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
William Keighley
Written by
Tom Reed, Peter Milne
Starring
Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Robert McWade, Minor Watson, Nan Grey, John Arledge, Robert Light
Music
Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography
Ernest Haller
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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