Over the Hill
“See this Picture-and peer into the Soul of Humanity”
Synopsis
In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.
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Shot by John F SeitzScored by George Lipschultz
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Cast & Crew
16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
James Dunn
as Johnny Shelby
Sally Eilers
as Isabel Potter
Mae Marsh
as Ma Shelby
James Kirkwood
as Pa Shelby
Joan Peers
as Susan Shelby
William Pawley
as Ben Adams - Susan's Husband
Edward Crandall
as Thomas Shelby
Claire Maynard
as Phyllis Shelby - Thomas's Wife
Olin Howland
as Isaac Shelby
Eula Guy
as Minnie Shelby - Isaac's Wife
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