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Directed by:
Robert Z. LeonardCinematography:
George J. FolseyComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, June Allyson, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Sterling, Marshall Thompson, Elizabeth Patterson, Richard Derr, Patricia Medina (more)Plots(1)
Brillant pianist Larry Addams allows his frustrated ambitions to ruin his life and commits suicide, leaving his wife, Lee, and two small children, Penny and Chase, under the stigma of disgrace. Lee takes over and devotes her life to paying off Larry's debts and raising her two step-children. Prior to her marriage, Lee had turned down the proposal of Chris Matthews, wealthy ship builder and college friend of Larry's, but he had remained as a true friend to both. On the night of the suicide, Lee and Chris had attended a dinner party together and, horrified and shocked at the death, Lee sends Chris away, and for ten years does everything possible for the children to make up for the loss of their father. Bewildered by some of the strange stories concerning her father, the grown-up Penny (June Allyson) questions Lee and her brother Chase. Later, Penny meets and falls in love with Chris, not realizing he is the man Lee gave up. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Claudette Colbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339131_abedb0.png)
Claudette Colbert
France
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Midnight (1939)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
![Walter Pidgeon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505255_a3789c.jpg)
Walter Pidgeon
Canada
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
![June Allyson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/441/164441549_07aadf.png)
June Allyson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Stratton Story (1949)
![Lionel Barrymore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339173_522bbe.png)
Lionel Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Captains Courageous (1937)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
![Robert Sterling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779999_7ef645.jpg)
Robert Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Johnny Eager (1941)
![Marshall Thompson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871855_c9360e.jpg)
Marshall Thompson
USA
Best movies:
The Valley of Decision (1945)
The Tall Target (1951)
Devil's Doorway (1950)
![Elizabeth Patterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/055/126/55126064_80fe73.jpg)
Elizabeth Patterson
USA
Best movies:
Little Women (1949)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
![Richard Derr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058446_846fa8.jpg)
Richard Derr
USA
Best movies:
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
![Patricia Medina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507465_8a440b.jpg)
Patricia Medina
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
First of the Few (1942)
![Frank Darien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559443_9d3407.jpg)
Frank Darien
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
![Audrey Totter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576504_5c8fd0.jpg)
Audrey Totter
USA
Best movies:
The Set-Up (1949)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
![Hume Cronyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/789/163789612_31b5e0.jpg)
Hume Cronyn
Canada
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Brute Force (1947)
![Barbara Billingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871833_52afdf.jpg)
Barbara Billingsley
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Act of Violence (1948)
Flying High! (1980)
![Dwayne Hickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496937_e22b59.jpg)
Dwayne Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Cat Ballou (1965)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
![Anna Q. Nilsson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674176_73bd11.jpg)
Anna Q. Nilsson
Sweden
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
![King Baggot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270980_0a2cc7.jpg)
King Baggot
USA
Best movies:
A Night at the Opera (1935)
San Francisco (1936)
Come Live with Me (1941)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Harry Hayden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480941_f58ec9.jpg)
Harry Hayden
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Dick Winslow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/561/159561409_df60e6.jpg)
Dick Winslow
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Airport (1970)
Test Pilot (1938)
![Chester Clute](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922845_d7b18f.jpg)
Chester Clute
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)