Amateur Daddy

A gentle, old-fashioned drama that mixes small-town warmth with quiet guilt and the slow building of an unlikely family.

Directed by

John G. Blystone

Genres

Drama

Starring

Warner Baxter, Marian Nixon, Rita La Roy

Tagline

Vibrant with the Happy Spirit of Youth and Romance

Overview

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.

How it feels

Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, guilt, parenthood, class

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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