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The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 57M

Director : Lambert Hillyer
Writer : Michael L. Simmons

Synopsis

After his divorced wife dies, Jim Burke takes their son who she had been raising and he hasn't seen in many years. Jim Burke is a tough, hard-nosed construction boss on engineering projects, and he is looking forward to molding Little Jim into his own image. Jim Burke is more than a little bit dismayed and a whole lot disgusted when Little Jim arrives and it doesn't take Big Jim long to figure out that Little Jim...ain't nothing but a sissy. Little Jim is fond of practicing on his violin and reading and studying. What's a poor father to do?

Actors

Jack Holt
Jack Holt
Jim Burke
Florence Rice
Florence Rice
Tess Hardie
Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Burke
Kathleen Burke
Kathleen Burke
Laura
Robert Middlemass
Robert Middlemass
Bill Duke
Ralph Remley
Ralph Remley
Blink
Wyrley Birch
Wyrley Birch
Lem Hardie
George McKay
George McKay
Fly Speck Sam

Crews

Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Hillyer
Director
C. Gardner Sullivan
C. Gardner Sullivan
Story
Michael L. Simmons
Michael L. Simmons
Screenplay

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